1. single - Noun
2. single - Adjective
3. single - Verb
4. single - Adjective Satellite
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 dictionaryA 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