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single

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1. single - Noun

2. single - Adjective

3. single - Verb

4. single - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Confucius

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. George Sand

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle

A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair. Persian Proverb

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. Chinese Proverb

Without sowing a single wheat you would not harvest thousand ones. Azerbaijani Proverb

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