- list´a|ble
- list1 «lihst», noun, verb.–n.1. a series of names, numbers, words, or phrases; catalog or roll usually consisting of a column or series of names, figures, words, or the like: »
a shopping list.
2. all the stocks or other securities officially entered and traded on a stock exchange.–v.t.1. to make a list of; enter in a list: »A dictionary lists words in alphabetical order. I shall list my errands on a card.
2. to enter (a stock or other securities) on the list of those traded on an exchange.–v.i.1. to be listed.2. to have one's name entered upon the list of a military body; enlist.╂[< French liste, ultimately < Germanic (compare Old High German līsta strip border, English list2)]–list´a|ble, adjective.Synonym Study noun. 1 List, catalog, roll mean a series of names of items. List is the general word applying to a series of names, figures, or words: »This is the list of the people who are going to the picnic.
Catalog applies to a complete list arranged alphabetically or according to some other system, often with short descriptions of the items: »Has the new mail-order catalog come?
Roll applies to a list of the names of all members of a group: »His name is on the honor roll.
list2 «lihst», noun, adjective, verb.–n.1. the edge of cloth where the material is a little different; selvage.2. a cheap fabric made out of such edges.3. any strip of fabric.4. a narrow strip of wood cut from the edge of a plank, especially sapwood.5. Architecture. a square molding; fillet.6. a stripe of color: »Gartered with a red and blue list (Shakespeare).
7. U.S. a strip of ground, especially one of the ridges or furrows made by a lister.8. one of the divisions of a head of hair or of a bearddefn>Obsolete. a) a border, hem, or bordering strip (of anything). b) a limit; bound; boundary. c) an encircling palisade; railed or staked enclosure.–adj.made of list: »a list carpet. ... her quiet tread muffled in a list slipper (Charlotte Brontë).
–v.t.1. to put list around the edges of; border or edge.2. to cover an object with list.3. to cut a narrow strip from the edge of (a plank); shape (a block) by chopping.4. U.S. Dialect. to prepare (land), especially for a crop of corn or cotton, with a lister or by making alternate strips and beds.╂[Old English līste]list3 «lihst», noun, verb.–n.the act or condition of tipping to one side, as caused by unequal distribution of weight in a ship; tilt: »The sinking ship had a list that was so far over water lapped its decks.
–v.i.to tip to one side, as a ship; careen; heel; tilt: »The sinking ship had listed so far that water lapped its decks.
–v.t.to cause a tipping or list in (a ship): »The shifting cargo had listed the storm-tossed freighter.
╂[perhaps extended use of list4, noun]list4 «lihst», verb, noun. Archaic.–v.t.to be pleasing to; please: »Me lists not to speak. When it listeth him to call them to an account (Sir Walter Raleigh).
–v.i.to like; wish: »The enemy plundered where they listed.
–n.╂[Old English lystan < lust pleasure]list5 «lihst», Archaic.–v.i.to listen: »Go forth, under the open sky, and list to Nature's teachings (William Cullen Bryant). List, list; I hear Some far off hallo break the silent air (Milton).
–v.t.to listen to; hear: »Elves, list your names (Shakespeare).
╂[Old English hlystan, related to hlyst hearing. Compare etym. under listen.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
