sole has definitions from the fields of zoology,anatomy,chemistry,food
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[ noun ] the underside of footwear or a golfclub

Used in print

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

`` The heavy thick soles .

`` Sam , no one around here wears such heavy soles .

2
[ adjective ] not divided or shared with others

Synonyms

exclusive

Examples

"they have exclusive use of the machine" "sole rights of publication"

Used in print

(Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)

For our present purposes we assume that the sole subject of bargaining is the basic wage rate ( not including productivity improvement factors or cost-of-living adjustments ) , and it is this basic wage rate which determines the level of costs .

Related terms

unshared

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23374
4
[ verb ] put a new sole on

Synonyms

resole

Examples

"sole the shoes"

Related terms

repair

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) lean flesh of any of several flatfish

Synonyms

fillet_of_sole

Related terms

flatfish lemon_sole gray_sole

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[ adjective ] being the only one; single and isolated from others

Examples

"the lone doctor in the entire county" "a lonesome pine" "an only child" "the sole heir" "the sole example" "a solitary instance of cowardice" "a solitary speck in the sky"

Used in print

("Editorials"...)

No one who has studied the radical Right can suppose that words are their sole staple in trade .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Yet for much of the globe , Hollywood is just that - prime , if_not sole , source of knowledge .

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

When we say that a mythological mode of thought must be completely abandoned , we mean it must be abandoned as the sole or proper means for presenting the Christian understanding of existence .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

A dead armadillo , the sole occupant of the stage , symbolizes the crisis and destruction of the Old_Order .

Related terms

single

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[ noun ] (anatomy) the underside of the foot

Related terms

area foot ball

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[ noun ] (zoology) right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
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