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Definition sole

Etymology 1

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English s?l (�a rope, cord, line, bond, rein, door-hinge, necklace, collar�), from Proto-Germanic *sail?, *sailaz (�rope, cable�), *sail? (�noose, rein, bondage�), from Proto-Indo-European *sey- (�to tie to, tie together�). Cognate with Scots sale, saile (�halter, collar�), Dutch zeel (�rope, cord, strap�), German Seil (�rope, cable, wire�), Icelandic seil (�a string, line�). Non-Germanic cognate include Albanian dell (�sinew, vein�).

Noun

sole (plural soles)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old English sol (�mire, miry place�), from Proto-Germanic *sul? (�mire, wallow, mud�), from Proto-Indo-European *s?l- (�thick liquid�). Cognate with Saterland Frisian soal (�ditch�), Dutch sol (�water and mud filled pit�), German Suhle (�mire, wallow�), Norwegian saula, s�yla (�mud puddle�). More at soil.

Noun

sole (plural soles)

1. (dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.

Etymology 3

From earlier sowle (�to pull by the ear�). Origin unknown. Perhaps from sow (�female pig�) +‎ -le, as in the phrase "take a sow by the wrong ear", or from Middle English sole (�rope�). See above.

Verb

sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.

Etymology 4

From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (�alone�), from Latin s?lus (�alone, single, solitary, lonely�). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sw� (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (�whole, complete�), from Proto-Indo-European *solw-, *salw-, *sl?w- (�safe, healthy�). More at save.

Adjective

sole (not comparable)

1. only
2. (law) unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

Etymology 5

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman, Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola ("bottom of the shoe", also "flatfish"), from Latin solea (�sandal, bottom of the shoe�), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (�sole�). Cognate with Dutch zool (�sole, tread�), German Sohle (�sole, insole, bottom, floor�), Danish s�l (�sole�), Icelandic s�li (�sole, outsole�), Gothic ????? (sulja, �sandal�). Related to Latin solum (�bottom, ground, soil�). More at soil.

Noun

sole (plural soles)

1. (anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
2. (clothing) The bottom of a shoe or boot.
3. (obsolete) The foot itself.
4. Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.
5. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
   1. The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.
   2. The bottom of a furrow.
   3. The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
   4. The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
   5. (military) The bottom of an embrasure.
   6. (nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
6. (mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

Verb

sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)

1. (transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)

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