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Definition & Synonyms
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• Single
- (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
- (a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
- (v. t.) To take alone, or one by one.
- (n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
- (v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
- (a.) Alone; having no companion.
- (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single.
- (a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
- (n.) A handful of gleaned grain.
- (a.) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
- (n.) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
- (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
- (a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
- (a.) Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
- (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
- (a.) Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
- (v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
Synonyms:
Ace, Exclusive, I, Individual, One, Separate, Undivided, Unity,
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• Singlestick
- (n.) In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
- (n.) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversarys head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.
Synonyms:
Backsword,
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• Singled
- (imp. & p. p.) of Single
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