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As an adjective, sole means only. As a noun, it means the bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
Meanings of sole
26 meaningsadjective
Only.
legalUnmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
Unique; unsurpassed.
“The sole brilliance of this gem.”
With independent power; unfettered.
“A sole authority.”
Not divided or shared with others
“they have exclusive use of the machine”
“sole rights of publication”
Similar: exclusive
noun
anatomyThe bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
footwearThe bottom of a shoe or boot.
fishSolea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.
The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.
The bottom of a furrow.
The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.
The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
militaryThe bottom of an embrasure.
nauticalA piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
nauticalThe floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat
miningThe seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
dialectalNorthern EnglandA pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
The underside of footwear or a golf club
Older and rare meanings (2)
obsoleteThe foot itself.
dialectalobsoleteA wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
verb
To put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
uk dialectalTo pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).