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sole

1  [sohl]
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–adjective
1. being the only one; only: the sole living relative.
2. being the only one of the kind; unique; unsurpassed; matchless: the sole brilliance of the gem.
3. belonging or pertaining to one individual or group to the exclusion of all others; exclusive: the sole right to the estate.
4. functioning automatically or with independent power: the sole authority.
5. Chiefly Law. unmarried.
6. without company or companions; lonely: the sole splendor of her life.
7. Archaic. alone.
Origin:
1350–1400; < L sōlus alone; r. ME soule alone < OF sol < L sōlus

Related forms:
soleness, noun

Synonyms:
1. solitary. 2. individual.
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sole

2  [sohl] noun, verb, soled, sol⋅ing.
–noun
1. the bottom or under surface of the foot.
2. the corresponding under part of a shoe, boot, or the like, or this part exclusive of the heel.
3. the bottom, under surface, or lower part of anything.
4. Carpentry.
a. the underside of a plane.
b. soleplate.
5. Golf. the part of the head of the club that touches the ground.
–verb (used with object)
6. to furnish with a sole, as a shoe.
7. Golf. to place the sole of (a club) on the ground, as in preparation for a stroke.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME (n.) < OF < L solea sandal, sole, deriv. of solum base, bottom

Related forms:
soleless, adjective

sole

3  [sohl]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) sole, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) soles.
1. a European flatfish, Solea solea, used for food.
2. any other flatfish of the families Soleidae and Cynoglossidae, having a hooklike snout.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF < OPr < VL *sola (for L solea; see sole 2 ), so called from its flat shape; cf. Sp suela, It soglia, Pg solha

sole⋅plate

  [sohl-pleyt]
–noun Carpentry.
a plate upon which studding is erected.
Also called shoe, sole, sole⋅piece  [sohl-pees] .

Origin:
1835–45; sole 2 + plate 1
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sole 1   (sōl)   
n.  

  1. The underside of the foot.

  2. The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.

  3. The part on which something else rests while in a vertical position, especially:

    1. The bottom surface of a plow.

    2. The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.

tr.v.   soled, sol·ing, soles

  1. To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.

  2. To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, from solum, bottom, sole of the foot.]
sole 2   (sōl)   
adj.  

  1. Being the only one: the sole survivor of the crash.

  2. Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive: The court has the sole right to decide.

  3. Law Single; unmarried.


[Middle English, alone, from Old French sol, from Latin sōlus; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
sole 3   (sōl)   
n.   pl. sole or soles

  1. Any of various chiefly marine flatfish of the family Soleidae, related to and resembling the flounders, especially any of several European species, such as Solea solea, valued as food fishes.

  2. Any of various other flatfish, especially certain coastal flounders.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, flatfish (from its shape); see sole1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

sole  (n.1)
"bottom of the foot," c.1325, 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 1570.

sole  (adj.)
"single," c.1386, 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.

sole  (n.2)
"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.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sole
Function: adjective
: belonging exclusively or otherwise limited to one usually specified individual, unit, or group
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sole
Pronunciation: 'sOl
Function: noun
1 : the undersurface of a foot
2 : the somewhat concave plate of moderatelydense horn that covers the lower surface of the coffin bone of the horse, partly surrounds the frog, and is bounded externally by the wall

Main Entry: sole·plate
Pronunciation: 'sOl-"plAt
Function: noun
: a flattened nucleated mass of soft granular protoplasm surrounding the end of amotor nerve in a striated muscle fiber
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Medical Dictionary

sole (sōl)
n.
The underside of the foot.

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