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
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The days now passed as peaceably as before, with the sole alteration, that joy had taken place of sadness in the countenances of my friends. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I have left an annuity for his sole support in case he should outlive me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The sole region of Christian advance was Spain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among nations of hunters, such as the native tribes of North America, age is the sole foundation of rank and precedency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is true the Confederates had, so far, held their capital, and they claimed this to be their sole object. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Now, the sole remaining question is,' said Mrs Lammle, 'when shall I begin? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Two peculiarly blunt knocks or pokes at the door, as if the dead man arriving on his back were striking at it with the soles of his motionless feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The soles had shed themselves bit by bit, and the upper leathers had broken and burst until the very shape and form of shoes had departed from them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Bucket thoughtfully came and warmed the soles of his boots, first one and then the other, at the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He's a-gammonin' that 'ere landlord, he is, sir, till he don't rightly know wether he's a-standing on the soles of his boots or the crown of his hat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The sheets of rubber from which the uppers and soles are cut are at this stage of the work plastic and very sticky. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I heard it buzz down the hall and then some one coming on rubber soles along the hall. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The soles which you are at this moment presenting to me are slightly scorched. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have rubber-soled tennis shoes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The grass was lush underfoot after the pineneedle floor of the forest and the dew on the grass wet through their canvas rope-soled shoes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then until soon, Robert Jordan said and the old man went off, noiseless on his rope-soled shoes, swinging wide through the trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He finished tying his rope-soled shoes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was a short and solid old man in a black peasant's smock and gray iron-stiff trousers and he wore rope-soled shoes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As he knelt to put on his rope-soled shoes, Robert Jordan could feel Maria against his knees, dressing herself under the robe. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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