The Collaborative International Dictionary
Single \Sin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singled; p. pr. & vb. n. Singling.]
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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.
--Bacon.His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind.
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To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
An agent singling itself from consorts.
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To take alone, or one by one.
Men . . . commendable when they are singled.
--Hooker.
Wiktionary
n. (cx distilling English) Liquid collected from the wash, or fermented wort; low wine. vb. (present participle of single English)
Usage examples of "singling".
If we tried to use a perturbative approach by, say, singling out the gravitational attraction between two stars and using it to determine our ballpark approximation, we would quickly find that our approach had failed.
Like airy brides, each singling out A spot to love and bless with love, Their creamy bosoms glowing warm, Till distance weds them to the hills, And with its latest gleam the river Sinks in their embrace.
The process of singling into individuality resulted into the great polarisation of sex.
Along the way, he learned the fate of each group of sinners, singling out one or two to address the living world.
In any case it seems certain that, by singling out the unfortunate Zetas, they made their task far easier than it would otherwise have been.
And when I look into the crowd, into the human congestion of the street, I don't see traffic but human force fields rattle traps, dropheads, hardtops, hotrods, the human saloons singling me out with the stare of their lights.
Not only did the Firvulag come up from behind in the scoring, but they began to inflict serious injury upon members of the Tanu team, singling out stalwarts such as Celadeyr of Afaliah, Lomnovel Brainburner, and Parthol Swiftfoot, who had been especially skilled ball carriers.
On the back there was a piece of paper taped to the canvas that gave Susa's reasons for singling the painting out for special attention.
It was almost as though his machine had a will of its own, deliberately singling out every pothole and bump in the narrow twisting road, an instrument of sadistic torture.
Butch was talking now, silently, on screen, singling out the camera with her eyes.
She was singling out her house key, trying not to lose the slumping stack of exam books.
She kept her camera trained on the skies for a time, singling out the red Alpha and its attractive pilot.
The rhinoceros started up again, and singling out the unfortunate man who had got down and fired at it, roaring and snorting with rage, thundered after him.
He paused, and with some difficulty reached his hand into his trousers pocket and brought out a bunch of keys, singling out one between his thumb and forefinger.
He glared around the huge room, singling out every single woman in it for a moment's glower.