list
Plural: lists
Noun
- a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
- "the ship developed a list to starboard"
- A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
- Material used for cloth selvage.
- A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
- The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
- The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.
- A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
- A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
- A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
- A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
- The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
- A stripe.
- A boundary or limit; a border.
- Art; craft; cunning; skill.
- Desire, inclination.
- A tilt to a building.
- A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
Verb
Verb Forms: listed, listing, lists
- To write down items in a particular order or sequence.
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- "List the states west of the Mississippi"
- include in a list
- "Am I listed in your register?"
- cause to lean to the side
- "Erosion listed the old tree"
- tilt to one side
- "The ship listed to starboard"
- enumerate
- To create or recite a list.
- To place in listings.
- To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
- To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
- To plough and plant with a lister.
- To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
- To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
- To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
- To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
- To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
- To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
- To trade on a particular stock exchange.
- To listen.
- To listen to.
- To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
- To be pleasing to.
- To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
- To tilt to one side.
Examples
- Before playing, she would LIST all possible words from her tiles to choose the best.
- the ship listed to port
- the steady wind listed the ship
- to list a board
- to list a door
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, specification; barriers enclosing area for jousting, etc.”), from Old English līste (“hem, edge, strip”), or Old French liste, listre (“border; band; strip of paper; list”), or Medieval Latin lista, all from Proto-West Germanic *līstā, from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ (“band, strip; hem, selvage; border, edge”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”).
Cognates
* Saterland Frisian Lieste (“margin, strip, list”)
*Dutch lijst (“picture frame, list”)
* German Low German Liest (“edging, border”)
* German Leiste (“strip, rail, ledge; (heraldry) bar”)
* Swedish lista (“list”)
* Icelandic lista listi (“list”)
* Italian lista (“list; strip”)
* Portuguese lista (“list”)
* Spanish lista (“list, roll; stripe”)
* Galician lista (“band, strip; list”)
* Finnish lista (“(informal) list; batten”).
Synonyms
heel, inclination, lean, leaning, listing, name, number, tilt, cunning, list, tabulate, tick off
Scrabble Score: 4
list: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlist: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
list: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary