Shingle vs. Single

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Shinglenoun

A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.

Shinglenoun

A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.

Shinglenoun

A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).

Shinglenoun

A punitive strap such as a belt.

Shinglenoun

(by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.

Shinglenoun

Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.

Shingleverb

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

Shingleverb

(transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.

Shingleverb

To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.

Shingleverb

(transitive) To beat with a shingle.

Shinglenoun

Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

Shinglenoun

A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, - used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.

Shinglenoun

A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle.

Shingleverb

To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.

Shingleverb

To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.

Shingleverb

To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.

Shinglenoun

building material used as siding or roofing

Shinglenoun

coarse beach gravel of small water-worn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

Shinglenoun

a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.

Shingleverb

cover with shingles;

Singleadjective

Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.

Singleadjective

Not divided in parts.

Singleadjective

Designed for the use of only one.

Singleadjective

Performed by one person, or one on each side.

Singleadjective

Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively.

Singleadjective

(botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.

Singleadjective

(obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.

Singleadjective

Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

Singleadjective

(obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly.

Singlenoun

(music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.

Singlenoun

(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.

Singlenoun

One who is not married.

Singlenoun

(cricket) A score of one run.

Singlenoun

(baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.

Singlenoun

(dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.

Singlenoun

A bill valued at $1.

Singlenoun

(UK) A one-way ticket.

Singlenoun

(Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.

Singlenoun

A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.

Singlenoun

One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

Singlenoun

A handful of gleaned grain.

Singleverb

To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.

Singleverb

(baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.

Singleverb

(agriculture) To thin out.

Singleverb

(of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.

Singleverb

To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

Singleverb

To take alone, or one by one.

Singleadjective

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

Singleadjective

Alone; having no companion.

Singleadjective

Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.

Singleadjective

Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

Singleadjective

Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.

Singleadjective

Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

Singleadjective

Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

Singleadjective

Simple; not wise; weak; silly.

Singleverb

To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.

Singleverb

To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

Singleverb

To take alone, or one by one.

Singleverb

To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; - said of a horse. See Single-foot.

Singlenoun

A unit; one; as, to score a single.

Singlenoun

The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

Singlenoun

A handful of gleaned grain.

Singlenoun

A game with but one player on each side; - usually in the plural.

Singlenoun

A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.

Singlenoun

a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

Singlenoun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

Singleverb

hit a one-base hit

Singleadjective

existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual;

Singleadjective

used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals;

Singleadjective

not married or related to the unmarried state;

Singleadjective

characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;

Singleadjective

having uniform application;

Singleadjective

not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective;

Singleadjective

involved two individuals;

Singleadjective

individual and distinct;

Singleadjective

only one; not one of several

Singleadjective

regarded as distinct from each other or others in a group

Singleadjective

even one (used for emphasis)

Singleadjective

designed or suitable for one person

Singleadjective

not accompanied by others; alone.

Singleadjective

unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship

Singleadjective

consisting of one part

Singleadjective

(of a ticket) valid for an outward journey only, not for the return

Singleadjective

(of a flower) having only one whorl of petals

Singleadjective

denoting an alcoholic drink that consists of one measure of spirits

Singleadjective

free from duplicity or deceit; ingenuous

Singlenoun

an individual person or thing rather than part of a pair or a group.

Singlenoun

a short record or CD featuring one main song or track.

Singlenoun

people who are unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship

Singlenoun

a ticket that is valid only for an outward journey.

Singlenoun

a bedroom, especially in a hotel, that is suitable for one person.

Singlenoun

a single measure of spirits.

Singlenoun

a one-dollar note.

Singlenoun

a hit for one run.

Singlenoun

a hit which allows the batter to proceed safely to first base.

Singlenoun

(especially in tennis and badminton) a game or competition for individual players, not pairs or teams.

Singlenoun

a system of change-ringing in which one pair of bells changes places at each round.

Singleverb

choose someone or something from a group for special treatment

Singleverb

thin out (seedlings or saplings)

Singleverb

reduce (a railway track) to a single line

Singleverb

hit a single

Singleverb

cause (a run) to be scored by hitting a single.

Singleverb

advance (a runner) by hitting a single.

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