sole
the underside of footwear or a golf club
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,898 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,680 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the underside of footwear or a golf club
- lean flesh of any of several flatfish also: fillet of sole
- the underside of the foot
- right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
adjective
- not divided or shared with others also: exclusive they have exclusive use of the machinesole rights of publication
- being the only one; single and isolated from others also: lone, lonesome, only, solitary the lone doctor in the entire countya lonesome pine
verb
- put a new sole on also: resole sole the shoes
sole in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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In this quiet life his daughter was his sole companion.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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By this sole word the poor woman found herself amply repaid.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Leader of the orchestra!--Proprietor of the house!--Sole director and manager and--" "Tuts!
Pearl of Pearl Island · John Oxenham · Chapter 1
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The sole of the shoe was a trifle larger than the footprints.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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My sole security in this affair, is a maiden aunt now in the Lunatic Asylum.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1