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