sole

[ sohl ]

/ soʊl /

noun

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.
soleplate.

Golf. the part of the head of the club that touches the ground.

verb (used with object), soled, sol·ing.

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

1275–1325; Middle English (noun) < Old French < Latin solea sandal, sole, derivative of solum base, bottom

Related formssole·less, adjective

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Examples from the Web for soled

My boots were soled with india-rubber and I made no sound at all.
The Air Pirate|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
I've soled and 'eeled while you wait in a stall near Southwark Bridge seven years an' a arf!
Voces Populi|F. Anstey
She soled three pairs of moccasins for me, as skilfully as an Indian.
Audubon and his Journals, Volume I (of 2)|Maria R. Audubon
I thought they would have choaked themselves struggling with cheese that would have soled a shoe.
The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, And His Man Mark Antony O'Toole|W. H. Maxwell

His own are reduced to uppers and half a heel apiece, but he hopes to get them soled in Ivanhoe while he waits.
Stingaree|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

British Dictionary definitions for soled

sole

/ (səʊl) /

adjective

(prenominal) being the only one; only

(prenominal) of or relating to one individual or group and no othersole rights on a patent

law having no wife or husbandSee also feme sole

an archaic word for solitary

Derived Formssoleness, noun

Word Origin for sole

C14: from Old French soule, from Latin sōlus alone

sole

/ (səʊl) /

noun

the underside of the footRelated 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

verb (tr)

to provide (a shoe) with a sole

golf to rest (the club) on the ground, as when preparing to make a stroke

Derived Formssoleless, adjective

Word Origin for sole

C14: via Old French from Latin solea sandal; probably related to solum the ground

sole

/ (səʊl) /

noun plural sole or soles

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

Word Origin for sole

C14: via Old French from Vulgar Latin sola (unattested), from Latin solea a sandal (from the fish's shape)

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Word Origin and History for soled

sole

n.1

"bottom of the foot" ("technically, the planta, corresponding to the palm of the hand," Century Dictionary), early 14c., from Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea "sandal, bottom of a shoe; a flatfish," from solum "bottom, ground, foundation, lowest point of a thing" (hence "sole of the foot"), of uncertain origin. In English, the meaning "bottom of a shoe or boot" is from late 14c.

sole

adj.

"single, alone, having no husband or wife; one and only, singular, unique," late 14c., from Old French soul "only, alone, just," from Latin solus "alone, only, single, sole; forsaken; extraordinary," of unknown origin, perhaps related to se "oneself," from PIE reflexive root *swo- (see so).

sole

n.2

common European flatfish, mid-13c., from Old French sole, from Latin solea "a kind of flatfish," originally "sandal" (see sole (n.1)); so called from resemblance of the fish to a flat shoe.

sole

"furnish (a shoe) with a sole," 1560s, from sole (n.1). Related: Soled; soling.

Medicine definitions for soled

sole

[ sōl ]

n.

The underside of the foot.

sole

noun

verb (used with object), soled, sol·ing.

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