sole

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: fillet of soleresoleexclusivesole(a)lone(a)lonesome(a)only(a)solitary(a)

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. the underside of footwear or a golf club
  2. lean flesh of any of several flatfishSynonyms: fillet of sole
  3. the underside of the foot
  4. right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European

Verb (1)

  1. put a new sole on“sole the shoes”Synonyms: resole

Adjective (2)

  1. not divided or shared with others“they have exclusive use of the machine”“sole rights of publication”Synonyms: exclusivesole(a)
  2. 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”Synonyms: lone(a)lonesome(a)only(a)sole(a)solitary(a)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sol \Sol\ Sole \Sole\, n. [From hydrosol an aqueous colloidal solution, confused with G. sole, soole, salt water from which salt is obtained.] (Chem.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Sole \Sole\ (s[=o]l), n. [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. [1913 Webster]

The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.— Gen. viii. 9.[1913 Webster]
Hast wandered through the world now long a day, Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

2.The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom. [1913 Webster]

The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep.— Arbuthnot.[1913 Webster]

3.The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. Specifially: (a) (Agric.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Sole leather, thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes. [1913 Webster]

Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zool.) (a) 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. (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. [1913 Webster]

Lemon, or French, sole (Zool.), a European species of sole (Solea pegusa).

Smooth sole (Zool.), the megrim. [1913 Webster]

Sole \Sole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soled; p. pr. & vb. n. Soling.] To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe. [1913 Webster]
Sole \Sole\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]

He, be sure . . . first and last will reign Sole king.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.(Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole. [1913 Webster]

Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Single; individual; only; alone; solitary. [1913 Webster]

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