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.

Words nearby sole

soldiering, soldierly, soldiers' home, soldiery, soldo, sole, sole custody, sole trader, sole-charge school, sole-source, solecism

Origin of sole

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

OTHER WORDS FROM sole

sole·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 (1 of 3)

sole¹

/ (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 forms of sole

soleness, noun

Word Origin for sole

C14: from Old French soule, from Latin sōlus alone

British Dictionary definitions for soled (2 of 3)

sole²

/ (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 forms of sole

soleless, adjective

Word Origin for sole

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

British Dictionary definitions for soled (3 of 3)

sole³

/ (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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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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Words nearby sole

Origin of sole

OTHER WORDS FROM sole

Examples from the Web for soled

British Dictionary definitions for soled (1 of 3)

adjective

Derived forms of sole

Word Origin for sole

British Dictionary definitions for soled (2 of 3)

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of sole

Word Origin for sole

British Dictionary definitions for soled (3 of 3)

noun plural sole or soles

Word Origin for sole

Medicine definitions for soled

n.