Sole

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The underside of the foot.
  • n. The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.
  • n. The part on which something else rests while in a vertical position, especially:
  • n. The bottom surface of a plow.
  • n. The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.
  • v. To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.
  • v. To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.
  • adj. Being the only one: the sole survivor of the crash.
  • adj. Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive: The court has the sole right to decide.
  • adj. Law Single; unmarried.
  • n. Any of various chiefly marine flatfish of the family Soleidae, related to and resembling the flounders, especially any of several European species, such as Solea solea, valued as food fishes.
  • n. Any of various other flatfish, especially certain coastal flounders.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
  • n. A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
  • v. To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
  • adj. only
  • adj. unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
  • n. The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
  • n. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
  • n. Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.
  • v. to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n.
  • n. The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
  • n. The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
  • n. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • n. The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.
  • n. The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
  • n. The bottom of an embrasure.
  • n. A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
  • n. The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
  • v. To furnish with a sole.
  • adj. Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
  • adj. Single; unmarried.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The bottom or under side of the foot; technically, the planta, corresponding to the palm of the hand.
  • n. The foot.
  • n. That part of a shoe or boot which comes under the sole of the foot, and upon which the wearer treads.
  • n. The part of anything that forms the bottom, and on which it stands upon the ground; the bottom or lower part of anything.
  • n. A flat surface like the sole of the foot.
  • To furnish with a sole, as a shoe or boot; put a new sole on. Compare half-sole, v. t.
  • n. In ichthyology, a flatfish of the family Solcidæ, and especially of the genus Solea; a soleid or sole-fish.
  • Only; alone in its kind; being or acting without another; single; unique; individual: as, God is the sole creator and sovereign of the world.
  • Alone; unaccompanied; solitary.
  • Mere.
  • In law, single; unmarried; not having a spouse: as, a feme sole. See feme.
  • Alone; by itself; singly.
  • n. A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or a cow in a stall.
  • n. A pond.
  • To pull by the ears; pull about; haul; lug.
  • n. Same as sol.
  • n.
  • n. In golf, the flat, bottom part of a club which rests on the ground.
  • n. The inner cylindrical surface of a water-wheel which forms the bottoms of the buckets on the periphery. See sole-plate, 2.
  • In golf, to place the sole of (a club) on the ground immediately behind the ball in preparing for a shot.
  • n. A name given to various Australian fishes: in Sydney to Synaptura nigra; in Melbourne to Rhombosolea bassensis; in New Zealand to Rhombosolea monopus (called the flounder in Tasmania) and Peltorhamphus novæ-zelandiæ; and in Tasmania to Ammotretis restrains, of the family Pleuronectidæ.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. lean flesh of any of several flatfish
  • v. put a new sole on
  • n. the underside of footwear or a golf club
  • n. the underside of the foot
  • adj. being the only one; single and isolated from others
  • adj. not divided or shared with others
  • n. right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
  • Equivalent
    single    unshared    french   
    Verb Form
    soled    soles    soling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fix    restore    mend    furbish up    touch on    repair    bushel    doctor    region    area   
    Variant
    soles    slade   
    Form
    soled    soling    midsole    insole    resole   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    solitary    single    individual    only    alone    unmarried    treat    insole    outsole    clump   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cole    Dole    Kohl    Nicole    Ole    Pole    Seoul    Sol    atoll    bole   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    only    principal    immediate    legitimate    earthly