Sekirov Dictionary

list

/lɪst/

noun16

  1. a piece of writing that gives names or things one by one, such as food to buy
  2. A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
  3. A tilt to a building.
  4. A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
  5. [in the plural] (historical) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
  6. [in the plural] (historical) The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
  7. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
  8. Material used for cloth selvage.
  9. A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
  10. A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
  11. A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
  12. The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
  13. (no longer used) A boundary or limit; a border.
  14. (no longer used) A stripe.
  15. (no longer used) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
  16. (no longer used) Desire, inclination.

verb18

  1. To create or recite a list.
  2. To place in listings.
  3. To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
  4. To trade on a particular stock exchange.
  5. To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
  6. To tilt to one side.
  7. (literary) To listen.
  8. (literary) To listen to.
  9. To plough and plant with a lister.
  10. (Southern-US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
  11. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
  12. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
  13. To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
  14. To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
  15. (no longer used) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
  16. (no longer used) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
  17. (no longer used) To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
  18. (no longer used) To be pleasing to.
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Phrases with list

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