sole
IPA: sˈoʊɫ
noun
- (anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
- (footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.
- (obsolete) The foot itself.
- (zoology) Solea solea, a flatfish 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 of a furrow.
- The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
- The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
- (military) The bottom of an embrasure.
- (nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
- (nautical) The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat
- (mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
- (dialectal or obsolete) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
- (dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
- A sea area, corresponding to the Sole Bank, to the north of FitzRoy
verb
- (transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
adjective
- Only.
- (law) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
- Unique; unsurpassed.
- With independent power; unfettered.
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Examples of "sole" in Sentences
- His dog was the sole witness.
- The Bengals are the sole tenant.
- The Karmapa was the sole trustee.
- This ring is the sole in the world.
- Argue solely on the merits of the case.
- This is the sole shareholder of the fund.
- Disembodied heads are the sole exception.
- Is it solely because of the caffeine content
- It is sometimes the sole symtpom of migraine.
- Brassey was the sole contractor for the line of.
- Or many small businesses are what they call sole proprietorships.
- Pathetic that in a democracy the one who raises the most money and sells his or her sole is the one seens as the victor.
- Most small business are what they call sole proprietors or limited partnerships, and so they pay tax like an individual pays tax.
- This week seven readers have offered their satirical definitions for the term sole proprietorship, and now it's time for you to vote for best definition.
- He told reporters Iraq wished to play "an active role in supporting Arab League efforts" on Syria which he described as the "sole and appropriate framework" to solve the crisis in Syria.
- He told reporters Iraq wished to play "an active role in supporting Arab League efforts" on Syria, which he described as the "sole and appropriate framework" to solve the crisis in Syria.
- Most successfully, indeed, had she instilled into the youthful breast of Indiana, a wondering curiosity to see the place which she described as the sole residence of elegance and fashion, and an eager impatience to exhibit there a person which she was assured would meet with universal homage.
- And all the real and personal estate of said Myra Bradwell shall be liable for the debts of said company, contracted while she is a stockholder therein, and all stock of said company owned by her, and the earnings thereof, shall be her sole and separate property, the same as if she were an unmarried woman; and she shall have the same right to hold any office or offices in said company, or transact any of its business that a _feme sole_ would have.