Sole

[səʊl] or [sol]

Definition

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

(noun.) the underside of footwear or a golf club.

(noun.) the underside of the foot.

(noun.) lean flesh of any of several flatfish.

(verb.) put a new sole on; 'sole the shoes'.

Typed by Andy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, 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.) 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. t.) To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

(a.) Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.

(a.) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.

Typed by Jed

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Single, only, solitary, alone, individual.

Inputed by Jon

Definition

adj. alone: only: being or acting without another: single: (law) unmarried.—advs. Sole; Sole′ly alone: only: singly.—n. Sole′ness.

n. a genus (Solea) of flat-fish elongate-oval in form with flesh firm white and excellently flavoured.

n. the lowest part or under-side of the foot: the foot: the bottom of a boot or shoe: the bottom of anything.—v.t. to furnish with a sole.—adj. Solē′iform slipper-shaped.—ns. Sole′-leath′er strong leather for the soles of boots and shoes; Sole′-tile a form of tile for the bottoms of sewers &c.; Sōlē′us a flat muscle of the calf of the leg beneath the gastrocnemius.

Editor: Sweeney

Examples

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