a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
<noun.act>
the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
<noun.quantity> he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it they had lunch at one [ verb ]
hit a single
<verb.contact> the batter singled to left field [ adj ]
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
<adj.all> individual drops of rain please mark the individual pages they went their individual ways
used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals
<adj.all> single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals
existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual
<adj.all> upon the hill stood a single tower had but a single thought which was to escape a single survivor a single serving a single lens a single thickness
not married or related to the unmarried state
<adj.all> unmarried men and women unmarried life sex and the single girl single parenthood are you married or single?
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
<adj.all> an individual serving single occupancy a single bed
having uniform application
<adj.all> a single legal code for all
not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
<adj.all> judging a contest with a single eye a single devotion to duty undivided affection gained their exclusive attention
Single \Sin"gle\, v. i. To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; -- said of a horse. See {Single-foot}.
Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. --W. S. Clark.
Single \Sin"gle\, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See {Simple}, and cf. {Singular}.] 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. Alone; having no companion.
Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. --Milton.
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. 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.
These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. --Milton.
6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. --I. Watts.
7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
I speak it with a single heart. --Shak.
8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.]
He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. --Beau. & Fl.
{Single ale}, {Single beer}, or {Single 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.
Single \Sin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Singled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Singling}.] 1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. --Bacon.
His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind. --More.
2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker.
3. To take alone, or one by one.
Men . . . commendable when they are singled. --Hooker.
Single \Sin"gle\, n. 1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.
2. pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
4. (Law Tennis) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
5. (Baseball) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
The single Independent in the upper house, Senator Brian Harradine, sided with the opposition. The legislation will now be referred back to the House of Representatives, which has already approved all eight budget bills.
The Rhode Island Democrat received only a single $5,000 contribution in the first half of this year despite the threat of a strong Republican opponent for the first time in nearly two decades.
No single party garnered more than 13% of the vote.
But a craftsman such as Ransom spends several days, sometimes weeks, on a single instrument.
I don't know of a single Alaskan who wouldn't agree with that." Alaska began caring for its older residents long before it became a state in 1959.
The creation of a single European Community market for automobiles could expose Europe's auto industry to even stiffer competition and open France, Britain, Spain and Italy to a surge of imports from Japan.
Miss Estefan was nominated in February for best pop vocal performance by a female for the single "Don't Wanna Lose You" in the Grammy awards.
"The benefits of the EC single market will be amplified by economic and monetary union and a single currency," Christophersen said.
"The benefits of the EC single market will be amplified by economic and monetary union and a single currency," Christophersen said.
Even if Saddam goes, the structures of the ruling Ba'ath party would be hard to dismantle and its officials would be still wedded to the concept of a single Iraq governed by the Sunni minority in the geographical centre of the country.
"As commander of the armed forces I exhort every single soldier in a total offensive to destroy the enemy, eliminate him, wipe out his will to fight," Samudio said.
Other key issues, he says, will include details of how the single market will work, environmental, consumer and social issues and the EEC's relationship with the rest of the world.
In effect, that wiped out with a single stroke the basic premise behind the recent rally.
In 1981, about 74 percent were living with both parents and about 20 percent were living with a single parent.
He died in 1915 when he was halfway through the letter `S.' The new edition also has been computerized, with the vocabulary of English since 1150 A.D. on a single data base to be available by home computer.
Milstead, who is now divorced, was married at the time of the alleged affair, while Mrs. Johnston was single.
EC finance ministers last night supported legislation aimed at preventing banks overstretching themselves with large loans to single clients, writes Andrew Hill.
If Poland had equipment using Western microprocessors, the whole operation could fit into a single room, said Janusz Cienecki, the engineer in charge of the center.
The Class B stock would have 10 votes to the common's single vote and couldn't be transferred under most circumstances.
And out of necessity: The U.S. can make mistakes and still hope to remove him from power, but a single error on his part could cost him his life.
But intelligence sources said Mr. Reagan always signed such decision memoranda himself, often in more than one place, and they said they couldn't recall a single case in which the president didn't sign a decision memo authorizing a covert action.
We don't have to change a single thing," Bush told campaign staff workers a day after beating Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, in New Hampshire.
The national deficit was cited by 30 percent as the single greatest threat to the economy.
Instead, however, it focused mostly on a single component of recreation: the "outdoor estate," or land.
Substantial efforts are needed to complete the formation of the single European market by the end of the year.
The script, adapted from Dave Stevens's graphic novel by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, is drearily earnest, without a single original wrinkle in the timeless battle of good against evil.
Divorcees, for instance, weren't married but didn't quite feel single.
Chicago attorney Lori B. Andrews, a specialist in reproductive technology law, said she knows of no in-vitro fertilization clinic that will take a single woman as a patient.
Lawyers for the family and the church won't discuss the dollar figure but say it is less than the German foundation originally agreed to pay for the single manuscript.
The power plant, which turns a single propeller, is said to be capable of developing 22,000 shaft horsepower.