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[ UK /lˈɪst/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɪst/ ]
NOUN
  1. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
    he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
    the tower had a pronounced tilt
    the ship developed a list to starboard
  2. a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
VERB
  1. give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
    List the states west of the Mississippi
  2. include in a list
    Am I listed in your register?
  3. enumerate
    We must number the names of the great mathematicians
  4. cause to lean to the side
    Erosion listed the old tree
  5. tilt to one side
    the wind made the vessel heel
    The ship listed to starboard
    The balloon heeled over
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  • I chatter with enthusiasm whilst knobs of butter slide off the fishes' backs and sizzle to blister bubbles.
  • The poems, plays, and essays of the committed cultural nationalist are characterized by a markedly hortatory or didactic manner.
  • Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
  • So, did it take a row over a ban on journalists to enable him to penetrate the secret that the regime is not a model of benignity?
  • A horizontal merger may enable the new entity to set price and output in the same manner as a single-firm monopolist, with the same consequences for consumer welfare.
  • Although he has mellowed a little since then, he is still a long way from being easy listening. Times, Sunday Times
  • Lastly, I am a bit of control freak with a blistering pace when it comes to work.
  • On the moor, we crossed becks bridged by railway sleepers and bulging with pondweed and we met a couple of cyclists.
  • He seemed a little taken aback, sat and listened with fur bristling, one hand stroking the back of the other.
  • One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
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