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sole (adjective) (not comparable)
1. Pertaining to when there is only a single thing.
2. A reference to belonging to one person or group.
3. In law, relating to being without a husband or a wife.
5. Relating to being unaccompanied or without a companion.
2. A reference to belonging to one person or group.
3. In law, relating to being without a husband or a wife.
5. Relating to being unaccompanied or without a companion.
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soli-, sol- +
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1. The underside of the foot from the toes to the heel.
2. The bottom of a shoe, a boot, or other piece of footwear; sometimes excluding the heel.
3. The underside of the head of a golf club.
4. Etymology: "bottom of the foot" is from Latin solea, "sandal, bottom of a shoe".
2. The bottom of a shoe, a boot, or other piece of footwear; sometimes excluding the heel.
3. The underside of the head of a golf club.
4. Etymology: "bottom of the foot" is from Latin solea, "sandal, bottom of a shoe".
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sol-, -sol +
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sole, sole, soul
sole (SOHL) (noun)
1. The underside of the foot from the toes to the heel: "I have a blister on the sole of my right foot where my new shoe was rubbing."
2. The underside of a shoe, boot, or other piece of footwear, sometimes excluding the heel: "We had to have our shoes repaired with a new inner sole for each shoe."
2. The underside of a shoe, boot, or other piece of footwear, sometimes excluding the heel: "We had to have our shoes repaired with a new inner sole for each shoe."
sole (SOHL) (adjective)
1. Only, exclusive, lone, solitary, single: "The hermit is the sole inhabitant of that cave on the hill."
"The father has sole responsibility for the child."
2. Single, alone, or having no other individual associated with a situation: "She has been the sole occupant of the house ever since her parents died."soul (SOHL) (noun)
1. The animating and vital principle in humans, credited with the faculties of thought, action, and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity: "Every human being is believed to have a soul."
2. The spiritual nature of humans, regarded as immortal, separable from the body at death, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state: "Many religious leaders preach that the souls of their faithful followers will go to Paradise (Heaven) and the souls of the unfaithful will suffer in Hades (Hell)."
3. Essence, embodiment, quintessence: "The banker was the soul of honesty and understanding."
4. Inspiration, force, spirit, vitality: "Some musicians lack soul."
5. A soul mate or a person with whom someone has a strong affinity: "When she met my friend, she told her sister that she believed that she had finally found her soul mate."
2. The spiritual nature of humans, regarded as immortal, separable from the body at death, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state: "Many religious leaders preach that the souls of their faithful followers will go to Paradise (Heaven) and the souls of the unfaithful will suffer in Hades (Hell)."
3. Essence, embodiment, quintessence: "The banker was the soul of honesty and understanding."
4. Inspiration, force, spirit, vitality: "Some musicians lack soul."
5. A soul mate or a person with whom someone has a strong affinity: "When she met my friend, she told her sister that she believed that she had finally found her soul mate."
Worship Services: Your soul is our sole mission.
As the prince was trying on the shoe to find Cinderella, someone commented that the prince was using the shoe to find his true love, while someone over hearing the statement said, the prince was actually looking for his sole mate; which, of course, would also supposedly result in the prince finding his soul mate.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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sol-, -sol +
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(Latin: sole of the foot; to tread down with the sole or the flat bottom or the underside of the foot; and by extension, to level the ground for sowing seeds)
(Latin: base, ground, soil, bottom; the lowest part of something; sole of the foot or a shoe)
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“sole”
feme sole (s) (noun)
In law, an unmarried woman; specifically, a single woman, including those who have been married, but whose marriage has been dissolved by death or divorce, and, for most purposes, those women who are judicially separated from their husbands.
The opposite is feme covert, "a married woman".
feme sole trader (noun), feme sole traders (pl)
In old English law, a married woman, who, by the custom of London, trades on her own account, independently of her husband; so called because, with respect to her trading, she is the same as a feme sole.
The term is also applied to women who have been deserted by their husbands, who do business as femes sole.