singled
simple past tense and past participle of single
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Source: Wiktionary
Sin"gle, a. Etym: [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See Simple, and cf. Singular.]
1. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star. No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. Pope.
2. Alone; having no companion. Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. Milton.
3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman. Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. Shak. Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. Dryden.
4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat. These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. Milton.
6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. I. Watts.
7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. I speak it with a single heart. Shak.
8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.] He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. Beau & Fl. Single ale, beer, or drink, small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. [Obs.] Nares.
– Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty. Burril.
– Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players.
– Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File.
– Single entry. See under Bookkeeping.
– Single file. See under 1st File.
– Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose.
– Single knot. See Illust. under Knot.
– Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block.
Sin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singled; p. pr. & vb. n. Singling.]
1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. Bacon. His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind. More.
2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.] An agent singling itself from consorts. Hooker.
3. To take alone, or one by one. Men . . . commendable when they are singled. Hooker.
Sin"gle, v. i.
Definition: To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot. Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. W. S. Clark.
Sin"gle, n.
1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.
2. pl.
Definition: The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
4. (Law Tennis)
Definition: A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
5. (Baseball)
Definition: A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
