Definition of SOLE

sole

Meanings

Plural: soles

Noun

  • the underside of footwear or a golf club
  • lean flesh of any of several flatfish
  • the underside of the foot
  • right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
  • The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
  • The bottom of a shoe or boot.
  • The foot itself.
  • Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
  • A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
  • The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.
  • The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • The bottom of a furrow.
  • The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
  • The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
  • The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • The bottom of an embrasure.
  • The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
  • The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat
  • The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
  • A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
  • A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.

Verb

  • put a new sole on
    • "sole the shoes"
  • To put a sole on a shoe or a boot.
  • To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.

Adjective Satellite

  • not divided or shared with others
    • "sole rights of publication"
  • being the only one; single and isolated from others
    • "the sole heir"
    • "the sole example"

Adj

  • Only.
  • Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
  • Unique; unsurpassed.
  • With independent power; unfettered.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“safe, healthy”). More at save.

Synonyms

exclusive, fillet of sole, first and last, individual, lone, lonesome, one, one and only, only, planta, resole, single, singular, sole, solitary, unitary

Antonyms

accompanying, collective, fellow, many, one of many

Scrabble Score: 4

sole is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sole is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sole is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

sole is a valid Words With Friends word