From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
single adj 1: being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways" [syn: individual, single] [ant: common] 2: used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals; "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals" [ant: double] 3: existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "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" [ant: multiple] 4: not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?" [syn: unmarried, single] [ant: married] 5: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" [syn: individual, single(a)] 6: having uniform application; "a single legal code for all" 7: not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention" [syn: single(a), undivided, exclusive] n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base [syn: single, bingle] 2: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity] v 1: hit a single; "the batter singled to left field"