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: the part of an item of footwear on which the sole rests and upon which the wearer treads

SOLE definition: being the only one; only. See examples of sole used in a sentence.

SOLE definition: 1. being one only; single: 2. not shared with anyone else: 3. the bottom part of the foot that…. Learn more.

1. Being the only one: the sole survivor of the crash. 2. Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive: She took sole command of the ship.

sole3 /soʊl/ n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) sole, (esp. for kinds or species) soles. Fish a kind of edible flatfish having a hooklike snout.

The true soles are a family, Soleidae, of flatfishes. It includes saltwater and brackish water species in the East Atlantic, Indian Ocean, West and Central Pacific Ocean, and the …

1 day ago · sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled) (transitive) To put a sole on a shoe or a boot.

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There are 30 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun sole, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.