1. list - Noun
2. list - Verb
3. List - Proper noun
Inclination; desire.
A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.
To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
To hearken; to attend; to listen.
To listen or hearken to.
To desire or choose; to please.
To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet.
A limit or boundary; a border.
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
A stripe.
A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.
A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.
A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
The first thin coat of tin.
A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
To enroll; to place or register in a list.
To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEvery morning I get up and look throught the Forbes list of the richest people of America. If I am not there, I go to work. Robert Orben
The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War. Al Capone
A list full of gain and a village full of shame. Irish Proverb
He that has the spice, may season as he list. English Proverb
Whoever knows how to use a pen never adds his own name to the "guilty” list. Arabic Proverb