Meaning of 'list' (Webster Dictionary)
- A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of
ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or
field inclosed for a race or combat.
- Inclination; desire.
- An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to
starboard.
- A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth,
particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a
strip of cloth; a fillet.
- A limit or boundary; a border.
- The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
- A stripe.
- A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names;
as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.
- A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.
- A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a
plank or board.
- A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a
workman.
- The first thin coat of tin.
- A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it
is coated.
- To hearken; to attend; to listen.
- To desire or choose; to please.
- To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
- To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to
enlist.
- To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
- To listen or hearken to.
- To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show
of colors, or form a border.
- To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list
on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
- To enroll; to place or register in a list.
- To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
- To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge
of; as, to list a board.
Meaning of 'list' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Example in sentence:- he walked with a heavy inclination to the right;
- the ship developed a list to starboard;
- the tower had a pronounced tilt
Meaning (2):
- include in a list
Example in sentence:- Am I listed in your register?
Meaning (3):
- cause to lean to the side
Example in sentence:- Erosion listed the old tree
Meaning (4):
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
Example in sentence:- List the states west of the Mississippi
Meaning (5):
- tilt to one side
Example in sentence:- The balloon heeled over;
- The ship listed to starboard;
- the wind made the vessel heel
Meaning (6):
- enumerate
Example in sentence:- We must number the names of the great mathematicians
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