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What does list mean?

noun

  1. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
  2. Material used for cloth selvage.
  3. A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
More meanings (32)

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
  3. A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
  4. A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
  5. The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
  6. A tilt to a building.
  7. A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
  8. (historical) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
  9. (historical) 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.
  10. (obsolete) A stripe.
  11. (obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.
  12. (archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
  13. (obsolete) Desire, inclination.

verb

  1. To create or recite a list.
  2. To place in listings.
  3. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
  4. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
  5. To plough and plant with a lister.
  6. To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
  7. To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
  8. To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
  9. To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.
  10. To trade on a particular stock exchange.
  11. To listen.
  12. To listen to.
  13. To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
  14. To tilt to one side.
  15. (obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
  16. (obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
  17. (archaic) To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
  18. (archaic) To be pleasing to.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
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“I’d rather finish my tea,” said the Hatter, with an anxious look at the Queen, who was reading the list of singers.
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandProject Gutenberg ebook #11
Macedonia's geographical isolation, technological backwardness, and potential political instability place it far down the list of countries of interest to Western investors.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
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The Parties will update, as appropriate, the list of construction services included in the Appendix at such time as they mutually agree.
CanadaNorth American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing DescriptionsProject Gutenberg ebook #89
If we could have a list of the principal books he has read since the War began, how interesting it would be.
Christopher MorleyThe Haunted BookshopProject Gutenberg ebook #172
When I include vagrancy in this list, I do it on the supposition that the opportunity and ability for work are present.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475