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.