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Meaning of single

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

Crossword clue for single

- Chant on the French record
- Footloose and fancy-free? It must be a record!
- Human being
- One run in cricket
- One-person (room)
- Scorch
- Solitary
- Surprisingly Glen is unattached
- Unattached
- Unmarried
- Unwed
- Without equal