list

list is a 4-letter English word with 31 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 31 senses

Definitions

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

    Synonyms: inclination, lean, leaning, tilt

26. noun. a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

    Synonyms: listing

27. verb. give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

    "List the states west of the Mississippi"

    Synonyms: name

28. verb. enumerate

    "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"

    Synonyms: number

29. verb. tilt to one side

    "The balloon heeled over"

    "the wind made the vessel heel"

    Synonyms: heel

30. verb. cause to lean to the side

    "Erosion listed the old tree"

    Synonyms: lean

31. verb. include in a list

    "Am I listed in your register?"

Synonyms

inclination, lean, leaning, tilt, listing, name, number, heel

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in list:

lits, silt, slit, tils

Common word forms

lists, listed, listen, lister, listful, listing, listable, listless

Words from these letters

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