| (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. |