Definition of "list" in Anglais

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, historical) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.

5. (in the plural, military, historical) The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.

6. (computing, programming) 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.

7. (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.

8. (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.

9. (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.

10. (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.

11. (obsolete) A stripe.

12. (obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.

verb

1. (transitive) To create or recite a list.

2. (transitive) To place in listings.

3. (transitive) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.

4. (transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.

   • to list a door

5. (transitive, agriculture) To plough and plant with a lister.

6. (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Southern US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.

7. (transitive, carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.

   • to list a board

8. (transitive, military) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.

9. (transitive, obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.

10. (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

11. To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.

12. (intransitive, of a business) To trade on a particular stock exchange.

noun