 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sole
adjective
1: not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use
of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: {exclusive},
{sole(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" [syn: {lone(a)}, {lonesome(a)}, {only(a)}, {sole(a)},
{solitary(a)}]
noun
1: the underside of footwear or a golfclub
2: lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: {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: put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" [syn: {resole}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sol \Sol\ Sole \Sole\, noun [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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sole \Sole\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Soled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Soling}.]
To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sole \Sole\, adjective [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.
He, be sure . . . first and last will reign
Sole king. --Milton.
2. (Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
{Corporation sole}. See the Note under {Corporation}.
Syn: Single; individual; only; alone; solitary.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sole \Sole\ (s[=o]l), noun [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.
The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.
--Gen. viii.
9.
Hast wandered through the world now long a day,
Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead. --Spenser.
2. The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather
which constitutes the bottom.
The ''caliga'' was a military shoe, with a very
thick sole, tied above the instep. --Arbuthnot.
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.
{Sole leather}, thick, strong, used for making the soles of
boots and shoes, and for other purposes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sole \Sole\, noun [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat
shape. See {Sole} of the foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus
{Solea} and allied genera of the family {Soleid[ae]},
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.
{Lemon}, or {French}, {sole} (Zo["o]l.), a European species
of sole ({Solea pegusa}).
{Smooth sole} (Zo["o]l.), the megrim.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "sole":
a certain, absolute, alone, an, any, any one, arch, atomic,
azygous, bachelorlike, base, baseboard, basement, celibate,
chassis, clubfoot, dado, digit, dog, either, exclusive, extremity,
fetlock, first and last, foot, footing, forefoot, forepaw,
foundation, frame, harefoot, heel, hoof, husbandless, impair,
individual, indivisible, instep, integral, irreducible, keel, lone,
maiden, maidenly, monadic, monistic, mopboard, nadir, odd,
old-maidish, one, one and only, only, only-begotten, pad,
particular, pastern, patte, paw, pedal extremity, pedes, personal,
pes, pied, pug, separate, shoemold, simple, single, singular,
solid, solitary, solo, spinsterish, spinsterlike, spinsterly,
splayfoot, spouseless, toe, tootsy, trotter, unanalyzable,
underneath, underside, undivided, unexampled, ungula, uniform,
unique, unitary, unmarried, unpaired, unrepeatable, unrepeated,
unshared, unwed, unwedded, virgin, virginal, wainscot, whole
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