Single vs. Sole

Singleadjective

Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.

‘Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?’; ‘The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.’;

Solenoun

A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.

Singleadjective

Not divided in parts.

‘The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.’;

Solenoun

A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.

Singleadjective

Designed for the use of only one.

‘a single room’;

Solenoun

(anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.

Singleadjective

Performed by one person, or one on each side.

‘a single combat’;

Solenoun

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

Singleadjective

Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively.

‘Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".’; ‘Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.’;

Solenoun

(obsolete) The foot itself.

Singleadjective

(botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.

Solenoun

Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.

Singleadjective

(obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.

Solenoun

The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

Singleadjective

Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

Solenoun

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

Singleadjective

(obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly.

Solenoun

The bottom of a furrow.

Singlenoun

(music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.

Solenoun

The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.

Singlenoun

(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.

‘The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.’;

Solenoun

The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.

Singlenoun

One who is not married.

‘He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.’;

Solenoun

(military) The bottom of an embrasure.

Singlenoun

(cricket) A score of one run.

Solenoun

(nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.

Singlenoun

(baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.

Solenoun

(mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

Singlenoun

(dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.

Soleverb

To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.

Singlenoun

A bill valued at $1.

‘I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.’;

Soleverb

(transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot)

Singlenoun

(UK) A one-way ticket.

Soleadjective

only

Singlenoun

(Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.

Soleadjective

(legal) unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

Singlenoun

A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.

Solenoun

Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.

Singlenoun

One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

Solenoun

The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.

‘The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.’; ‘Hast wandered through the world now long a day,Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead.’;

Singlenoun

A handful of gleaned grain.

Solenoun

The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.

‘The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep.’;

Singleverb

To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.

‘Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.’; ‘Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.’;

Solenoun

The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

Singleverb

(baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.

‘Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.’;

Soleverb

To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

Singleverb

(agriculture) To thin out.

Soleadjective

Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.

‘He, be sure . . . first and last will reignSole king.’;

Singleverb

(of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.

Soleadjective

Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.

Singleverb

To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

Solenoun

the underside of footwear or a golfclub

Singleverb

To take alone, or one by one.

Solenoun

lean flesh of any of several flatfish

Singleadjective

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

‘No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest.’;

Solenoun

the underside of the foot

Singleadjective

Alone; having no companion.

‘Who single hast maintained,Against revolted multitudes, the causeOf truth.’;

Solenoun

right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European

Singleadjective

Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.

‘Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.’; ‘Single chose to live, and shunned to wed.’;

Soleverb

put a new sole on;

‘sole the shoes’;

Singleadjective

Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

Soleadjective

not divided or shared with others;

‘they have exclusive use of the machine’; ‘sole rights of publication’;

Singleadjective

Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.

‘These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight.’;

Soleadjective

being the only one; single and isolated from others;

‘the lone doctor in the entire county’; ‘a lonesome pine’; ‘an only child’; ‘the sole heir’; ‘the sole example’; ‘a solitary instance of cowardice’; ‘a solitary speck in the sky’;

Singleadjective

Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

‘Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound.’;

Solenoun

a shipping forecast area in the north-eastern Atlantic, covering the western approaches to the English Channel.

Singleadjective

Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

‘I speak it with a single heart.’;

Soleverb

put a new sole on to (a shoe)

‘he wanted several pairs of boots to be soled and heeled’;

Singleadjective

Simple; not wise; weak; silly.

‘He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.’;

Soleadjective

one and only

‘my sole aim was to contribute to the national team’;

Singleverb

To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.

‘Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark.’; ‘His blood! she faintly screamed her mindStill singling one from all mankind.’;

Soleadjective

belonging or restricted to one person or group of people

‘the health club is for the sole use of our guests’;

Singleverb

To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

‘An agent singling itself from consorts.’;

Soleadjective

(especially of a woman) unmarried.

Singleverb

To take alone, or one by one.

‘Men . . . commendable when they are singled.’;

Soleadjective

alone; unaccompanied.

Singleverb

To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; - said of a horse. See Single-foot.

‘Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed.’;

Singlenoun

A unit; one; as, to score a single.

Singlenoun

The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

Singlenoun

A handful of gleaned grain.

Singlenoun

A game with but one player on each side; - usually in the plural.

Singlenoun

A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.

Singlenoun

a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base

Singlenoun

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;

‘he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it’; ‘they had lunch at one’;

Singleverb

hit a one-base hit

Singleadjective

existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual;

‘upon the hill stood a single tower’; ‘had but a single thought which was to escape’; ‘a single survivor’; ‘a single serving’; ‘a single lens’; ‘a single thickness’;

Singleadjective

used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals;

‘single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals’;

Singleadjective

not married or related to the unmarried state;

‘unmarried men and women’; ‘unmarried life’; ‘sex and the single girl’; ‘single parenthood’; ‘are you married or single?’;

Singleadjective

characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;

‘an individual serving’; ‘separate rooms’; ‘single occupancy’; ‘a single bed’;

Singleadjective

having uniform application;

‘a single legal code for all’;

Singleadjective

not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective;

‘judging a contest with a single eye’; ‘a single devotion to duty’; ‘undivided affection’; ‘gained their exclusive attention’;

Singleadjective

involved two individuals;

‘single combat’;

Singleadjective

individual and distinct;

‘pegged down each separate branch to the earth’; ‘a gift for every single child’;

Singleadjective

only one; not one of several

‘the kingdom was ruled over by a single family’; ‘a single red rose’;

Singleadjective

regarded as distinct from each other or others in a group

‘alcohol is the single most important cause of violence’; ‘she wrote down every single word’;

Singleadjective

even one (used for emphasis)

‘they didn't receive a single reply’;

Singleadjective

designed or suitable for one person

‘a single bed’;

Singleadjective

not accompanied by others; alone.

Singleadjective

unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship

‘a single mother’;

Singleadjective

consisting of one part

‘the studio was a single large room’;

Singleadjective

(of a ticket) valid for an outward journey only, not for the return

‘a first-class single ticket’;

Singleadjective

(of a flower) having only one whorl of petals

‘the individual blooms can be single, semi-double, or fully double’;

Singleadjective

denoting an alcoholic drink that consists of one measure of spirits

‘a single whisky’;

Singleadjective

free from duplicity or deceit; ingenuous

‘a pure and single heart’;

Singlenoun

an individual person or thing rather than part of a pair or a group.

Singlenoun

a short record or CD featuring one main song or track.

Singlenoun

people who are unmarried or not involved in a stable sexual relationship

‘a singles holiday’; ‘the divorce rate is rising so you'll see more singles in their late 30s and early 40s’;

Singlenoun

a ticket that is valid only for an outward journey.

Singlenoun

a bedroom, especially in a hotel, that is suitable for one person.

Singlenoun

a single measure of spirits.

Singlenoun

a one-dollar note.

Singlenoun

a hit for one run.

Singlenoun

a hit which allows the batter to proceed safely to first base.

Singlenoun

(especially in tennis and badminton) a game or competition for individual players, not pairs or teams.

Singlenoun

a system of change-ringing in which one pair of bells changes places at each round.

Singleverb

choose someone or something from a group for special treatment

‘one newspaper was singled out for criticism’;

Singleverb

thin out (seedlings or saplings)

‘hand hoes are used for singling roots’;

Singleverb

reduce (a railway track) to a single line

‘the South Western line was singled west of Salisbury’;

Singleverb

hit a single

‘Cohen singled to centre’;

Singleverb

cause (a run) to be scored by hitting a single.

Singleverb

advance (a runner) by hitting a single.