·adj Alone; having no companion.
II. Single ·noun A handful of gleaned grain.
III. Single ·adj Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
IV. Single ·adj Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
V. Single ·vt To take alone, or one by one.
VI. Single ·noun A unit; one; as, to score a single.
VII. Single ·adj Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
VIII. Single ·adj Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
IX. Single ·noun A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
X. Single ·noun A game with but one player on each side;
— usually in the plural.
XI. Single ·adj Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
XII. Single ·noun The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
XIII. Single ·adj Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
XIV. Single ·vt To Sequester; to Withdraw; to Retire.
XV. Single ·vi To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. ·see Single-foot.
XVI. Single ·adj One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
XVII. Single ·vt To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to Separate.