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 →

2) The bottom part of a shoe or boot. tree →

3) A flat sea fish that people eat. tree →

4) As an adjective, only, the one and only: "the sole survivor". tree →

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 →
• Tickle the soles of his feet! tree →
• Trainers have rubber soles that grip the floor. tree →
• We had sole and chips for dinner. tree →
• She was the sole winner of the competition. tree →
• Her sole job was to feed the fish. tree →
• The sand was hot on the soles of our feet. tree →

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.
• Rubbing makes skin grow thicker into calluses, which protect it; barefoot runners grow thick soles that protect like shoes.
• Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.
• I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.
• I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sole» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.