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list

noun

  1. appetite/craving/desire/longing/inclination
L1529774 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. give a price
  2. lean, be at an angle
L199 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. listing of all items in a collection; sometimes ordered
  2. abstract data type used in computer science
  3. enumerate
L4635 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /lɪst/

name

Etymology: * As a Dutch and German surname, from the noun list (“wisdom, ingenuity”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the placename Ter List, from lis (“iris flag”). * As a Hungarian surname, Americanized from Lizst, from the noun liszt (“flour”). * As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from list (“leaf”), or Slavicized from the Hungarian surname above.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from tilting on lists in jousts, or from Etymology 4 in the sense of inclining towards what one desires.

  1. A tilt to a building.
  2. A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.

verb

Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from tilting on lists in jousts, or from Etymology 4 in the sense of inclining towards what one desires.

  1. To cause (something) to tilt to one side.

    The steady wind listed the ship.

  2. To tilt to one side.

    The ship listed to port.

    Even a small camber one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.