list

/lɪst/

IPA: /L IH1 S T/

noun

1
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
2
Material used for cloth selvage.
3
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
4
(in the plural) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
5
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.
6
A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
7
A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
8
(ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
9
(tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
10
A stripe.
11
A boundary or limit; a border.

verb

1
To create or recite a list.
2
To place in listings.
3
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
4
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
“to list a door”
5
To plough and plant with a lister.
6
To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
7
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
“to list a board”
8
To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
9
To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
10
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.