sole
1 (sōl)
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, from solum, bottom, sole of the foot.]
noun
- The underside of the foot.
- The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.
- The part on which something else rests while in a vertical position, especially:
- The bottom surface of a plow.
- The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.
transitive verb: soled, sol·ing, soles.
- To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.
- To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.
sole
2 (sōl)
[Middle English, alone, from Old French sol, from Latin sōlus.]
adjective
- Being the only one: the sole survivor of the crash.
- Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive: The court has the sole right to decide.
- Law Single; unmarried.
sole
3 (sōl)
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, flatfish (from its shape); see sole1.]
noun: pl., sole or soles
- 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.
- Any of various other flatfish, especially certain coastal flounders.
