sole

sole ¹  (sl)

n.

1. The underside of the foot.

2. The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.

3. The part on which something else rests while in a vertical position, especially:

a. The bottom surface of a plow.

b. The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.

tr.v. soled, sol·ing, soles

1. To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.

2. To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, from solum, bottom, sole of the foot.]

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sole ²  (sl)

adj.

1. Being the only one: the sole survivor of the crash.

2. Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive: The court has the sole right to decide.

3. Law Single; unmarried.

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[Middle English, alone, from Old French sol, from Latin slus; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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sole ¹

Adjective

1. being the only one; only

2. not shared; exclusive: sole ownership [Latin solus alone]

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sole ²

Noun

1. the underside of the foot

2. the underside of a shoe

3. the lower surface of an object

Verb

[soling, soled]

to provide (a shoe) with a sole [Latin solea sandal]

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sole ³

Noun

pl sole or soles an edible marine flatfish [Latin solea a sandal (from the fish's shape)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sole - the underside of footwear or a golf club footgear, footwear - covering for a person's feet club head, club-head, clubhead, golf-club head - (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball half sole - shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe innersole, insole - the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests outsole - the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground waist, shank - the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole bottom, underside, undersurface - the lower side of anything
	2.	sole - lean flesh of any of several flatfish fillet of sole sole - right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European flatfish - sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets gray sole, grey sole - greyish-white flesh of a flatfish English sole, lemon sole - highly valued almost pure white flesh
	3.	sole - the underside of the foot region, area - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" foot, human foot, pes - the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" ball - a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet"
	4.	sole - right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European food fish - any fish used for food by human beings flatfish - any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side family Soleidae, Soleidae - soles European sole, Solea solea - highly valued as food Solea lascaris, lemon sole - small European sole Parophrys vitulus, English sole, lemon sole - popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America Psettichthys melanostichus, sand sole - a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus - useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama fillet of sole, sole - lean flesh of any of several flatfish
Verb	1.	sole - put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" resole fix, furbish up, mend, repair, bushel, doctor, touch on, restore - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
Adj.	1.	sole - not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" exclusive unshared - not shared
	2.	sole - 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" lonesome, only, lone, solitary single - existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness"

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sole

adjective only, one, single, individual, alone, exclusive, solitary, singular, one and only

Translations

sole [səul] n [of foot] → planta; [of shoe] → suela;

(fish) (pl inv) → lenguado

adj → único;

the sole reason → la única razón

sole [səul] n [of foot] → plante f [of shoe]; semelle f (= fish) (pl inv) → sole f

adj → seul(e) → unique;

the sole reason → la seule et unique raison

sole [səul] n → Sohle f;

(fish) (pl inv) → Seezunge f

adj → einzig, Allein-;

(exclusive) → alleinig;

the sole reason → der einzige Grund

sole [səul] n [of foot] → pianta (del piede); [of shoe] → suola;

(fish) (pl inv) → sogliola

adj → solo/a, unico/a (= exclusive); esclusivo/a

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sole¹

n sole [səul]

1 the underside of the foot, the part on which one stands and walks. sool أخْمَص القَدَم табан chodidlo fodsål die Sohle πατούσα, πέλμα planta (jala)tald كف پا jalkapohja plante (du pied) כף רֶגֶל तलवा, तली taban talp telapak kaki il (pianta del piede) 足の裏 발바닥 padas pēdas apakša tapak kaki zool fotsåle podeszwa planta talpă (a piciorului) ступня; подошва chodidlo podplat taban fotsula หลังเท้า taban 腳底板 підошва پیر کا تلا lòng bàn chân 脚底板

2 the flat surface of a boot or shoe that covers this part of the foot. sool نَعْل الحِذاء подметка podrážka sål die Bodenfläche σόλα suela (kinga)tald كف كفش kengänpohja semelle סוּלִיָה तला potplat, đon talp sol sóli suola くつ底 신발 바닥, 구두창 padas []zole tapak zool skosåle podeszwa sola talpă la încălţăminte подошва; подмётка podrážka podplat đon sula พื้นรองเท้า taban, pençe 鞋底，襪底 підметка جوتے، جراب وغیرہ کا تلا đế giày 鞋底，袜底