sole
1being the only one; only: the sole living relative.
belonging or pertaining to one individual or group to the exclusion of all others; exclusive: the sole right to the estate.
functioning automatically or with independent power: the sole authority.
Chiefly Law. not married; unmarried.
without company or companions; lonely: the sole splendor of her life.
Archaic. alone.
Origin of sole
1Other words for sole
Other words from sole
- soleness, noun
Other definitions for sole (2 of 3)
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
the corresponding under part of a shoe, boot, or the like, or this part exclusive of the heel.
the bottom, under surface, or lower part of anything.
Carpentry.
the underside of a plane.
Golf. the part of the head of the club that touches the ground.
to furnish with a sole, as a shoe.
Golf. to place the sole of (a club) on the ground, as in preparation for a stroke.
Origin of sole
2Other words from sole
- soleless, adjective
Other definitions for sole (3 of 3)
a European flatfish, Solea solea, used for food.
any other flatfish of the families Soleidae and Cynoglossidae, having a hooklike snout.
Origin of sole
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How to use sole in a sentence
Thursday night’s winner moves at least temporarily into sole possession of first place, with the Rams set to play Monday night at Tampa.
Kyler Murray runs out of miracles as Seahawks hang on to take over first place in NFC West | Mark Maske | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThis spring, when the coronavirus pandemic shut down the factory where his father worked, Ramos became the household’s sole breadwinner for a few months, working at a plant that packages meat.
Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories | by Melissa Sanchez | November 19, 2020 | ProPublicaThen, without warning, she was put in a position where she had to take care of her grandkids as the sole caregiver.
‘What we’ve seen since covid has been a precipitous increase in need,’ says Feeding America CEO | KK Ottesen | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostLeaders in the Clear Creek district, which serves 42,000 students, named him as the sole finalist for the position on Monday.
Loudoun County Schools Superintendent Williams will leave job for Texas position | Hannah Natanson | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostBrannon says Tesla isn’t AAA’s sole concern, citing names like Volvo’s PilotAssist and Daimler’s DrivePilot as also potentially confusing.
What’s in a name? For Tesla’s Full Self Driving, it may be danger | dzanemorris | November 8, 2020 | Fortune
His shirt was torn, one of his worn sneakers was more like a rubber-soled barge—the SS Nike.
There were Chinese beauties stepping gingerly in their red-soled Louboutin heels.
The East Is Red: Diane von Furstenberg's High-Fashion China Bash | Melinda Liu | April 1, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHalf-boots of leather, thickly soled, as if chosen in anticipation of a long journey, covered her small feet.
Michael Strogoff | Jules VerneThen the mother gently poked and pushed her little one, persuading her to get up and try her tiny, soft-soled feet.
Red Hunters And the Animal People | Charles A. EastmanDragging my heavy leaden-soled boots, I pushed through a shapely silver doorway, and a fish darted past me as I entered.
Us and the Bottleman | Edith Ballinger PriceHe was wearing a pair of brown-cotton trousers, a blue shirt without a tie, and rope-soled slippers.
The Five Arrows | Allan ChaseHe had a thick stick in his hand, and Frobisher saw that he was wearing thick, wooden-soled Chinese boots.
A Chinese Command | Harry Collingwood
British Dictionary definitions for sole (1 of 3)
/ (səʊl) /
Origin of sole
1Derived forms of sole
- soleness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for sole (2 of 3)
/ (səʊl) /
the underside of the foot: Related adjectives: plantar, volar
the underside of a shoe
the bottom of a furrow
the bottom of a plough
the underside of a golf-club head
the bottom of an oven, furnace, etc
to provide (a shoe) with a sole
golf to rest (the club) on the ground, as when preparing to make a stroke
Origin of sole
2Derived forms of sole
- soleless, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for sole (3 of 3)
/ (səʊl) /
any tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, esp Solea solea (European sole): most common in warm seas and highly valued as food fishes
any of certain other similar fishes
Origin of sole
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