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.-uncompounded; pure; unmixed.-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.