noun

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

4. Etymology: from the idea of a narrow slip of paper

   a series of names, words, numbers, etc. set forth in order; catalog, roll, etc.
5. ☆ a ridge of earth between two furrows
6. 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
2. 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.
3. ☆ to plow (ground) or plant (corn) with a lister
4. to trim a strip of wood, esp. sapwood, from the edge of (a board)
5. 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

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

noun

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Etymology: prob. specialized use of list

noun

transitive verb, intransitive verb

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