Sole (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. being the only one; only: the sole living relative.
  2. being the only one of the kind; unsurpassed; unique; matchless: the sole brilliance of the gem.
  3. belonging or pertaining to one individual or group to the exclusion of all others; exclusive: the sole right to the estate.
  4. functioning automatically or with independent power: the sole authority.
  5. not married; unmarried.
  6. without company or companions; lonely: the sole splendor of her life.
  7. alone.
noun
  1. the bottom or under surface of the foot.
  2. the corresponding under part of a shoe, boot, or the like, or this part exclusive of the heel.
  3. the bottom, under surface, or lower part of anything.
  4. Carpentry.
  5. the part of the head of the club that touches the ground.
verb (used with object), soled, sol·ing.
  1. to furnish with a sole, as a shoe.
  2. to place the sole of (a club) on the ground, as in preparation for a stroke.
noun, plural (especially collectively) sole, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) soles.
  1. a European flatfish, Solea solea, used for food.
  2. any other flatfish of the families Soleidae and Cynoglossidae, having a hooklike snout.
adjective
  1. being the only one; only
  2. of or relating to one individual or group and no other
  3. having no wife or husband
  4. an archaic word for solitary
noun
  1. the underside of the foot
  2. the underside of a shoe
    • the bottom of a furrow
    • the bottom of a plough
  4. the underside of a golf-club head
  5. the bottom of an oven, furnace, etc
verb (tr)
  1. to provide (a shoe) with a sole
  2. to rest (the club) on the ground, as when preparing to make a stroke
noun plural sole or soles
  1. any tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, esp Solea solea (European sole): most common in warm seas and highly valued as food fishes
  2. any of certain other similar fishes
Sole (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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