Definitions for: List


[n] the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
[n] a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
[v] give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"
[v] enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
[v] lean over to one side; used frequently of ships
[v] include in a list; "Am I listed in your register?"



Webster (1913) Definition: List (l[i^]st), n. [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L.
licium thread, girdle.]
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. --Chaucer.

In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. --Pope.

To enter the lists, to accept a challenge, or engage in
contest.


List, v. t.
To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.


List, v. i. [See Listen.]
To hearken; to attend; to listen. [Obs. except in poetry.]

Stand close, and list to him. --Shak.


List, v. t.
To listen or hearken to.

Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain, If with
too credent ear you list his songs. --Shak.


List, v. i. [OE. listen, lusten, AS. lystan, from lust
pleasure. See Lust.]
1. To desire or choose; to please.

The wind bloweth where it listeth. --John iii. 8.

Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth.
--Hooker.

Let other men think of your devices as they list.
--Whitgift.

2. (Naut.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.


List, n.
1. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. (Naut.) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a
list to starboard.


List, n. [AS. l[=i]st a list of cloth; akin to D. lijst,
G. leiste, OHG. l[=i]sta, Icel. lista, listi, Sw. list, Dan.
liste. In sense 5 from F. liste, of German origin, and thus
ultimately the same word.]
1. 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. ``Gartered with a red
and blue list. '' --Shak.



2. A limit or boundary; a border.

The very list, the very utmost bound, Of all our
fortunes. --Shak.

3. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

4. A stripe. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

5. 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.

He was the ablest emperor of all the list. --Bacon.

6. (Arch.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also
listel.

7. (Carp.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the
edge of a plank or board.

8. (Rope Making) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns
are grasped by a workman.

9. (Tin-plate Manuf.)
(a) The first thin coat of tin.
(b) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate
after it is coated.

Civil list (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of
government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc.
Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for
the support of the civil officers. More recently, the
civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses of the
reigning monarch's household.

Free list.
(a) A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty.
(b) A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a
theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a
periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost.

Syn: Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule.

Usage: List, Boll, Catalogue, Register, Inventory,
Schedule. A list is properly a simple series of
names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally
be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was
originally a list containing the names of persons
belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.),
which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives.
A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in
order, and usually containing some description of the
same, more or less extended. A register is designed
for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of
articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the
estate of a deceased person, or under similar
circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or
inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.


List, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Listed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Listing.] [From list a roll.]
1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show
of colors, or form a border. --Sir H. Wotton.

2. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list
on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.

The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom.
--Tennyson.

3. To enroll; to place or register in a list.

Listed among the upper serving men. --Milton.

4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

I will list you for my soldier. --Sir W.
Scott.

5. (Carp.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from
the edge of; as, to list a board.

To list a stock (Stock Exchange), to put it in the list of
stocks called at the meeting of the board.


List, v. i.
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to
enlist.


List, v. t.
1. To plow and plant with a lister.

2. In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by
making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe. [Southern
U. S.]

Synonyms: inclination, lean, leaning, listing, name, number, tilt

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