Definition of "single"
- adjective
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
Not divided in parts.
Designed for the use of only one.
Not married, and also not dating.
Having only one rank or row of petals.
Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
- noun
A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually has at least one extra track.
One who is not married.
A score of one run.
A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
A tile that has different values (i.e., number of pips) in each end.
A bill valued at $1.
A one-way ticket.
A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.
A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
A handful of gleaned grain.
- verb
To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
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