English Explanatory Dictionary

sole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Only.
  2. Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
  3. Unique; unsurpassed.
  4. With independent power; unfettered.
noun
  1. The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
  2. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
  3. The foot itself.
  4. Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
  5. A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
  6. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  7. The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.
  8. The bottom of a furrow.
  9. The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
  10. The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
  11. The bottom of an embrasure.
  12. A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
verb
  1. To put a sole on a shoe or a boot.
noun
  1. A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
noun
  1. A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
verb
  1. To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
name
  1. A sea area, corresponding to the Sole Bank, to the north of FitzRoy

Pronunciation

sōl /səʊl/ [sɒʊɫ] /soʊl/ En-us-sole.ogg /səʉl/ [sɔʊɫ] /sɐʉl/ [sɔːɫ] /soːl/

Word forms

sole soles soal soling soled sowl

Etymology

From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“safe, healthy”). More at save.

Synonyms

individual first and last lone one one and only only single singular sole solitary unitary planta

Antonyms

accompanying collective fellow many one of many

Related words

alone isolated unique solely

Derived words

corporation sole feme sole sole chamber sole corporation sole custody sole house sole mark soleness sole proprietor sole provider sole right soleship sole trader unsole American sole black sole bootsole brown sole common sole Cornish sole Dover sole drab sole finless sole French sole fringed sole gray sole grey sole half sole innersole insole Jumpsole lemon sole lined sole Marysole Mazatlan sole midsole Moses sole Pardachirus marmoratus network sole outsole Panama sole petrale sole shoesole slipsole smooth sole solebar soleless sole-like solepiece soleplate tongue sole Torbay sole true sole undersole white sole yellowfin sole resole
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