Definition of
Sole
- (noun, animal) right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
- (noun, artifact) the underside of footwear or a golf club
- (noun, body) the underside of the foot
- (noun, food) lean flesh of any of several flatfish
- (verb, change) put a new sole on
- (adj, all) not divided or shared with others
sole rights of publication - (adj, all) being the only one; single and isolated from others
a lonesome pine
an only child
the sole heir
the sole example
a solitary instance of cowardice
a solitary speck in the sky
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Alternate forms of Sole
Derivations: sole
Hyponyms: english sole, european sole, gray sole, grey sole, half sole, hogchoker, innersole, insole, lemon sole, outsole, parophrys vitulus, psettichthys melanostichus, sand sole, solea lascaris, solea solea, trinectes maculatus
Hypernyms: area, bottom, bushel, doctor, fix, flatfish, food fish, furbish up, mend, region, repair, restore, touch on, underside, undersurface
Origin of the word Sole
- "bottom of the foot," early 14c., from O.Fr. sole, from L. solea "sandal, bottom of a shoe," from solum "bottom, ground, soil," of unknown origin. The verb meaning "to provide with a sole" is recorded from 1560s. more
- "single," late 14c., from O.Fr. soul (fem. soule), from L. solus "alone," of unknown origin, perhaps related to se "oneself," from PIE reflexive base *swo- (see so). Adv. solely is attested from 1495. more
- "flatfish," 1252, from O.Fr. sole, from L. solea "a kind of flatfish," originally "sandal" (see sole (n.1)), so called from resemblance of the fish to a sandal. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Sole
saale, saccule, sagaciously, sage willow, sagely, sail, salaah, salah, salai, salal, sale, sallow, sally, salol, saucily, saul, saxicola, scale, scaley, scaly, scheele, scheol, scholia, school, scilla, scowl, scull, scylla, sea coal, sea cole, sea eagle, sea gull, sea holly, sea kale, sea lily, sea squill, sea swallow, seagull, seal
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