lists

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lists

[lists]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
1.
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
2.
the barriers enclosing this arena.
3.
any place or scene of combat, competition, controversy, etc.
4.
enter the lists, to involve oneself in a conflict or contest: to enter the lists against the protective tariff.

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Lists is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English listes, plural of liste list2
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list

1[list]
noun
1.
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record: a list of members.
3.
Computers. a series of records in a file.
4.
a complete record of stocks handled by a stock exchange.
5.
all of the books of a publisher that are available for sale.
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6.
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COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
7.
to set down together in a list; make a list of: to list the membership of a club.
8.
to enter in a list, directory, catalog, etc.: to list him among the members.
9.
to place on a list of persons to be watched, excluded, restricted, etc.
10.
Computers. to print or display in a list: Let's list the whole program and see where the bug is.
11.
to register (a security) on a stock exchange so that it may be traded there.
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12.
Archaic. enlist.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
13.
to be offered for sale, as in a catalog, at a specified price: This radio lists at $49.95.
14.
Archaic. enlist.

Origin:
1595–1605; special use of list2 (roll of names, perhaps orig. of contestants in the lists); compare French liste < Italian lista roll of names, earlier, band, strip (e.g., of paper), border < Old High German (German Leiste)


1. register. List, catalog, inventory, roll, schedule imply a definite arrangement of items. List denotes a series of names, items, or figures arranged in a row or rows: a list of groceries. Catalog adds the idea of alphabetical or other orderly arrangement, and, often, descriptive particulars and details: a library catalog. An inventory is a detailed descriptive list of property, stock, goods, or the like made for legal or business purposes: a store inventory. A roll is a list of names of members of some defined group often used to ascertain their presence or absence: a class roll. A schedule is a methodical (especially official) list, often indicating the time or sequence of certain events: a train schedule. 7. record, catalog. 8. enroll.

list

2[list]
noun
1.
a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth.
2.
a selvage.
3.
selvages collectively.
4.
a strip of cloth or other material.
5.
a strip or band of any kind.
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6.
a stripe of color.
7.
a division of the hair or beard.
8.
one of the ridges or furrows of earth made by a lister.
9.
a strip of material, as bark or sapwood, to be trimmed from a board.
10.
fillet (def. 6a).
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adjective
11.
made of selvages or strips of cloth.
verb (used with object)
12.
to produce furrows and ridges on (land) with a lister.
13.
to prepare (ground) for planting by making ridges and furrows.
14.
to cut away a narrow strip of wood from the edge of (a stave, plank, etc.).
15.
Obsolete. to apply a border or edge to.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English lista, Old English līst border; cognate with Dutch lijst, German Leiste (Old High German līsta)

list

3[list]
noun
1.
a careening, or leaning to one side, as of a ship.
verb (used without object)
2.
(of a ship or boat) to incline to one side; careen: The ship listed to starboard.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause (a vessel) to incline to one side: The shifting of the cargo listed the ship to starboard.

Origin:
1620–30; origin uncertain


2, 3. tilt, slant, heel.

list

4[list] Archaic.
verb (used with object)
1.
to please.
2.
to like or desire.
verb (used without object)
3.
to like; wish; choose.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English listen, lusten, Old English (ge)lystan to please; cognate with German gelüsten, Old Norse lysta to desire, akin to Gothic lustōn to desire. See lust

list

5[list] Archaic.
verb (used without object)
1.
to listen.
verb (used with object)
2.
to listen to.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English listen, Old English hlystan to listen, hear, derivative of hlyst ear; cognate with Swedish lysta; akin to Old Norse hlusta to listen. See listen
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lists (lɪsts)
 
pl n
1.  history
 a.  the enclosed field of combat at a tournament
 b.  the barriers enclosing the field at a tournament
2.  any arena or scene of conflict, controversy, etc
3.  enter the lists to engage in a conflict, controversy, etc
 
[C14: plural of list² (border, boundary)]

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list
"hear, hearken," now poetic or obsolete, from O.E. hlystan "hear, hearken," from hlyst "hearing," from P.Gmc. *khlustiz, from PIE *kleu- "to hear" (see listen).
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