SINGLE MEANING IN SPANISH

Definition & Synonyms

• Single

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

• Single tax

1. () A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, -- advocated by certain economists as the sole source of public revenue.