meaning of list
1. 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.
2. To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
3. To hearken; to attend; to listen.
4. To listen or hearken to.
5. To desire or choose; to please.
6. To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
7. Inclination; desire.
8. An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
9. 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.
10. A limit or boundary; a border.
11. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
12. A stripe.
13. 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.
14. A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.
15. A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
16. A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
17. The first thin coat of tin.
18. A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
19. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.
20. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
21. To enroll; to place or register in a list.
22. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
23. To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.
24. To engage in public service by enrolling ones name; to enlist.
25. 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
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