list
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
Noun 4 meanings
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
Material used for cloth selvage.
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
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.
Verb 4 meanings
To create or recite a list.
To place in listings.
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
“to list a door”
Etymology
From Middle English lī̆st, lī̆ste (“band, stripe; hem, selvage; border, edge, rim; list, specification; barriers enclosing area for jousting, etc.
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LIST at a glance
LIST has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (L 1 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #504 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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