Collins English-English Dictionary

sole [səυl]

1. 1. adj [prenominal] being the only one; only

2. 2. adj [prenominal] of or relating to one individual or group and no other

   sole rights on a patent

3. 3. adj [law] having no wife or husband - See also feme sole

4. 4. adj an archaic word for solitary

5. 5. adj [Etymology] C14: from Old French soule, from Latin solus alone

sole [səυl]

1. 1. n the underside of the foot

2. 2. n the underside of a shoe

3. 3. n

4. 4. n the bottom of a furrow

5. 5. n the bottom of a plough

6. 6. n the underside of a golf-club head

7. 7. n the bottom of an oven, furnace, etc

8. 8. vt. [tr] to provide (a shoe) with a sole

9. 9. vt. [golf] to rest (the club) on the ground, as when preparing to make a stroke

10. 10. vt. [Etymology] C14: via Old French from Latin solea sandal; probably related to solum the ground

sole [səυl]

1. 1. n any tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, esp Solea solea (European sole): most common in warm seas and highly valued as food fishes

2. 2. n any of certain other similar fishes

3. 3. n [Etymology] C14: via Old French from Vulgar Latin sola (unattested), from Latin solea a sandal (from the fish's shape)