Definition of Single

Single

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