Eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution" indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another" used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog" of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species" having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice" used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish" a single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered" the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
Of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength" (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets" a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage any very large body of (salt) water
Of so extreme a degree or extent; "such weeping"; "so much weeping"; "such a help"; "such grief"; "never dreamed of such beauty" to so extreme a degree; "he is such a baby"; "Such rich people!"
Shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"