Mingleverb
To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
‘Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services. — [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/11bush.html?hp&ex=1158033600&en=e468f88da52557ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage New York Times]’;
Singleadjective
Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
‘Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?’; ‘The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.’;
Mingleverb
To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
Singleadjective
Not divided in parts.
‘The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.’;
Mingleverb
To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
Singleadjective
Designed for the use of only one.
‘a single room’;
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Mingleverb
(obsolete) To put together; to join.
Singleadjective
Performed by one person, or one on each side.
‘a single combat’;
Mingleverb
To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
Singleadjective
Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively.
‘Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".’; ‘Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.’;
Mingleverb
(intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
Singleadjective
(botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.
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Minglenoun
(obsolete) A mixture.
Singleadjective
(obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
Mingleverb
To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
‘There was . . . fire mingled with the hail.’;
Singleadjective
Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
Mingleverb
To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
‘The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands.’;
Singleadjective
(obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
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Mingleverb
To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
‘A mingled, imperfect virtue.’;
Singlenoun
(music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
Mingleverb
To put together; to join.
Singlenoun
(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
‘The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.’;
Mingleverb
To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
‘[He] proceeded to mingle another draught.’;
Singlenoun
One who is not married.
‘He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.’;
Mingleverb
To become mixed or blended.
Singlenoun
(cricket) A score of one run.
Mingleverb
To associate (with certain people); as, he's too highfalutin to mingle with working stiffs.
Singlenoun
(baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
Mingleverb
To move (among other people); - of people; as, the president left his car to mingle with the crowd; a host at a a party should mingle with his guests.
Singlenoun
(dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
Minglenoun
A mixture.
Singlenoun
A bill valued at $1.
‘I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.’;
Mingleverb
to bring or combine together or with something else;
‘resourcefully he mingled music and dance’;
Singlenoun
(UK) A one-way ticket.
Mingleverb
get involved or mixed-up with;
‘He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair’;
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.
Mingleverb
be all mixed up or jumbled together;
‘His words jumbled’;
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.
‘Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.’; ‘Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.’;
Singleverb
(baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
‘Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.’;
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.
‘No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest.’;
Singleadjective
Alone; having no companion.
‘Who single hast maintained,Against revolted multitudes, the causeOf truth.’;
Singleadjective
Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
‘Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.’; ‘Single chose to live, and shunned to wed.’;
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.
‘These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight.’;
Singleadjective
Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
‘Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound.’;
Singleadjective
Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
‘I speak it with a single heart.’;
Singleadjective
Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
‘He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.’;
Singleverb
To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
‘Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark.’; ‘His blood! she faintly screamed her mindStill singling one from all mankind.’;
Singleverb
To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
‘An agent singling itself from consorts.’;
Singleverb
To take alone, or one by one.
‘Men . . . commendable when they are singled.’;
Singleverb
To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; - said of a horse. See Single-foot.
‘Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed.’;
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;
‘he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it’; ‘they had lunch at one’;
Singleverb
hit a one-base hit
Singleadjective
existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual;
‘upon the hill stood a single tower’; ‘had but a single thought which was to escape’; ‘a single survivor’; ‘a single serving’; ‘a single lens’; ‘a single thickness’;
Singleadjective
used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals;
‘single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals’;
Singleadjective
not married or related to the unmarried state;
‘unmarried men and women’; ‘unmarried life’; ‘sex and the single girl’; ‘single parenthood’; ‘are you married or single?’;
Singleadjective
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;
‘an individual serving’; ‘separate rooms’; ‘single occupancy’; ‘a single bed’;
Singleadjective
having uniform application;
‘a single legal code for all’;
Singleadjective
not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective;
‘judging a contest with a single eye’; ‘a single devotion to duty’; ‘undivided affection’; ‘gained their exclusive attention’;
Singleadjective
involved two individuals;
‘single combat’;
Singleadjective
individual and distinct;
‘pegged down each separate branch to the earth’; ‘a gift for every single child’;
Singleadjective
only one; not one of several
‘the kingdom was ruled over by a single family’; ‘a single red rose’;
Singleadjective
regarded as distinct from each other or others in a group
‘alcohol is the single most important cause of violence’; ‘she wrote down every single word’;
Singleadjective
even one (used for emphasis)
‘they didn't receive a single reply’;
Singleadjective
designed or suitable for one person
‘a single bed’;
Singleadjective
not accompanied by others; alone.
Singleadjective
unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship
‘a single mother’;
Singleadjective
consisting of one part
‘the studio was a single large room’;
Singleadjective
(of a ticket) valid for an outward journey only, not for the return
‘a first-class single ticket’;
Singleadjective
(of a flower) having only one whorl of petals
‘the individual blooms can be single, semi-double, or fully double’;
Singleadjective
denoting an alcoholic drink that consists of one measure of spirits
‘a single whisky’;
Singleadjective
free from duplicity or deceit; ingenuous
‘a pure and single heart’;
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
‘a singles holiday’; ‘the divorce rate is rising so you'll see more singles in their late 30s and early 40s’;
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
‘one newspaper was singled out for criticism’;
Singleverb
thin out (seedlings or saplings)
‘hand hoes are used for singling roots’;
Singleverb
reduce (a railway track) to a single line
‘the South Western line was singled west of Salisbury’;
Singleverb
hit a single
‘Cohen singled to centre’;
Singleverb
cause (a run) to be scored by hitting a single.
Singleverb
advance (a runner) by hitting a single.