SOLE

exclusive, sole

(adjective) not divided or shared with others; “they have exclusive use of the machine”; “sole rights of publication”

lonesome, lone(a), only, sole, solitary

(adjective) being the only one; single and isolated from others; “the lone doctor in the entire county”; “a lonesome pine”; “an only child”; “the sole heir”; “the sole example”; “a solitary instance of cowardice”; “a solitary speck in the sky”

sole

(noun) right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European

sole

(noun) the underside of footwear or a golf club

sole

(noun) the underside of the foot

sole, fillet of sole

(noun) lean flesh of any of several flatfish

sole, resole

(verb) put a new sole on; “sole the shoes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

sole (plural soles)

(dialectal or obsolete) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.

Etymology 2

Noun

sole (plural soles)

(dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.

Etymology 3

Verb

sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)

(transitive, UK dialectal) To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.

Etymology 4

Adjective

sole (not comparable)

only

(legal) unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

Synonyms

• (only): See also sole

• (unmarried): lone

Etymology 5

Noun

sole (plural soles)

(anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

(obsolete) The foot itself.

Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.

The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

The bottom of a furrow.

The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.

The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.

(military) The bottom of an embrasure.

(nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.

(mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

Synonyms

• (bottom of the foot): planta (medical term)

Verb

sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)

(transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)

Anagrams

• EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, OELs, elos, leos, lose, sloe

Proper noun

Sole

A sea area, corresponding to the Sole Bank, to the north of FitzRoy

Anagrams

• EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, OELs, elos, leos, lose, sloe

Source: Wiktionary

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Sole, n. Etym: [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish. (b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species. Lemon, or French, sole (Zoöl.), a European species of sole (Solea pegusa).

– Smooth sole (Zoöl.), the megrim.

Sole, n. Etym: [AS. sole, fr. L. soolea (or rather an assumed L. sola), akin to solumround, soil, sole of the foot. Cf. Exile, Saloon, Soil earth, Sole the fish.]

1. The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself. The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. Gen. viii. 9. Hast wandered through the world now long a day, Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead. Spenser.

2. The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom. The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep. Arbuthnot.

3. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. Specifially: (a) (Agric.)

Definition: The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow. (b) (Far.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts. (c) (Fort.) The bottom of an embrasure. (d) (Naut.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel. Totten. (e) (Mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes. Sole leather, thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes.

Sole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soled; p. pr. & vb. n. Soling.]

Definition: To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

Sole, a. Etym: [L. solus, or OF. sol, F. seul (fr. L. solus; cf. L. sollus whole, entire. Cf. Desolate, Solemn, Solo, Sullen.]

1. Being or acting without another; single; individual; only. "The sole son of my queen." Shak. He, be sure . . . first and last will reign Sole king. Milton.

2. (Law)

Definition: Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole. Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation.

Syn.

– Single; individual; only; alone; solitary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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