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# sole

«sole» in Mova's school dictionary: **The bottom of your foot** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sole, soles); adjective (sole)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The bottom of your foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#m1)

2) The bottom part of a shoe or boot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#m2)

3) A flat sea fish that people eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#m3)

4) As an adjective, only, the one and only: "the sole survivor". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, the sole of the foot is a body part; in everyday life shoes have rubber soles for grip. In stories, a "sole survivor" is the only one left. Phrases: the sole of your foot, rubber soles, sole owner, sole purpose.

### examples

- The sole of my shoe has a hole in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#x1)
- Tickle the soles of his feet! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#x2)
- Trainers have rubber soles that grip the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#x3)
- We had sole and chips for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#x4)
- She was the sole winner of the competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#x5)
- Her sole job was to feed the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#x6)
- The sand was hot on the soles of our feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/#x7)

### note

Homophone trap: "sole" (foot, shoe, fish, only) and "soul" (the spirit of a person) sound the same. Countable noun: a sole, soles. The adjective "sole" is used before a noun: "the sole reason". "Solely" means only.

### In the corpora

- [The soles of a polar bear's paws have fur and small bumps that grip the ice and keep the feet warm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/11/)
- [Rubbing makes skin grow thicker into calluses, which protect it; barefoot runners grow thick soles that protect like shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/16/)
- [Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.2/)
- [I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.615/)
- [I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.787/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sole» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sole/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.