Definition of single
- a. - One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting
of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
- a. - Alone; having no companion.
- a. - Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
- a. - Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as,
a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
- a. - Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single
combat.
- a. - Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
- a. - Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
- a. - Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
- v. t. - To select, as an individual person or thing, from among
a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
- v. t. - To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
- v. t. - To take alone, or one by one.
- v. i. - To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of
a horse. See Single-foot.
- n. - A unit; one; as, to score a single.
- n. - The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to
give them firmness.
- n. - A handful of gleaned grain.
- n. - A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the
plural.
- n. - A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base
only.