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list1 definition

list (list)

noun

  1. Obsolete a narrow strip or border; specif.,
    1. a strip of cloth
    2. a stripe of color
    3. a boundary
    1. a narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, trimmed from the edge of a board
    2. listel
  2. the selvage of cloth
  3. Etymology: from the idea of a narrow slip of paper

    a series of names, words, numbers, etc. set forth in order; catalog, roll, etc.
  4. ☆ a ridge of earth between two furrows
  5. list price

Etymology: ME liste, merging < OE, a hem, border & Anglo-Fr < OFr < Gmc *lista, akin to Ger leiste < IE base *leizd-, edge, border > L lira, line, furrow, Alb leth, the raised border of a plot of ground, wall

transitive verb

  1. Obsolete to edge with, or arrange in, stripes or bands
    1. to set forth (a series of names, items, etc.) in order
    2. to enter (a name, item, etc.) in a list, directory, catalog, etc.
  2. ☆ to plow (ground) or plant (corn) with a lister
  3. to trim a strip of wood, esp. sapwood, from the edge of (a board)
  4. Finance to admit (a stock, option, etc.) for trading on an exchange

intransitive verb

  1. ☆ to plow with a lister
  2. to be listed for sale, as in a catalog (at the price specified)
  3. Archaic to enlist in the armed forces
list2 definition

list (list)

transitive verb

Archaic to be pleasing to; suit

Etymology: ME listen < OE lystan < base of lust, desire, appetite: see lust

intransitive verb

Archaic to wish; like; choose

noun

Archaic a craving, desire, or inclination
list3 definition

list (list)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to tilt to one side, as a ship

Etymology: prob. specialized use of list

noun

a tilting or inclining to one side
list4 definition

list (list)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Archaic to listen (to)

Etymology: ME listen < OE hlystan < base of hlyst, hearing, akin to Ger lauschen, dial. laustern < IE base *leu-, to hear > L cluere, to be called

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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