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sole
/soʊl/
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What does sole mean?
adjective
- Only.
- Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
- Unique; unsurpassed.
More meanings (19)
adjective
- With independent power; unfettered.
noun
- The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
- The bottom of a shoe or boot.
- Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
- A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
- 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.
- The bottom of an embrasure.
- A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
- The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat
- The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
- A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
- (obsolete) The foot itself.
- (obsolete) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
verb
- To put a sole on a shoe or a boot.
- To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
proper noun
- A sea area, corresponding to the Sole Bank, to the north of FitzRoy
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IPA pronunciation
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These emotions, in fact, and its bitterest scorn besides, seemed to be the sole portion that she retained in the universal heart.
He will always do the thing which will bring him the most mental comfort—for that is the sole law of his life.
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This is the sole and solitary piece of poetry to be found in all the myriads of rhymes classed as "cowboy poetry."
Religion alone could have rendered possible all that was accomplished, but it was far from being the SOLE motive of the war.
The architect of this building, is one of the reverend fathers of the school, and the works proceed under his sole direction.