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- English Word Single Definition One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
- English Word Single Definition Alone; having no companion.
- English Word Single Definition Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
- English Word Single Definition Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
- English Word Single Definition Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
- English Word Single Definition Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
- English Word Single Definition Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
- English Word Single Definition Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
- English Word Single Definition To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
- English Word Single Definition To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
- English Word Single Definition To take alone, or one by one.
- English Word Single Definition To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
- English Word Single Definition A unit; one; as, to score a single.
- English Word Single Definition The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
- English Word Single Definition A handful of gleaned grain.
- English Word Single Definition A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
- English Word Single Definition A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
- English Word Single-acting Definition Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
- English Word Single-breasted Definition Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
- English Word Single-foot Definition An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.
- English Word Single-handed Definition Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
- English Word Single-hearted Definition Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
- English Word Single-minded Definition Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.
- English Word Singled Definition of Single
- English Word Singleness Definition The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.
- English Word Singleness Definition Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.
- English Word Singles Definition See Single, n., 2.
- English Word Singlestick Definition In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
- English Word Singlestick Definition The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.
- English Word Singlet Definition An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.