SINGLE

adjective

Definitions

  1. 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. 2. Alone; having no companion. Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. Milton.
  3. 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. 4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
  5. 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. 6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. I. Watts.
  7. 7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. I speak it with a single heart. Shak.
  8. 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.

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Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025
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