Singular vs. Sole

Singularadjective

Being only one of a larger population.

‘A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.’;

Solenoun

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

Singularadjective

Being the only one of the kind; unique.

‘She has a singular personality.’;

Solenoun

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

Singularadjective

Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.

‘a man of singular gravity or attainments’;

Solenoun

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

Singularadjective

Out of the ordinary; curious.

‘It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.’;

Solenoun

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

Singularadjective

(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.

Solenoun

(obsolete) The foot itself.

Singularadjective

Having no inverse.

Solenoun

Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.

Singularadjective

Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

Solenoun

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

Singularadjective

Not equal to its own cofinality.

Solenoun

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

Singularadjective

(law) Each; individual.

‘to convey several parcels of land, all and singular’;

Solenoun

The bottom of a furrow.

Singularadjective

(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

Solenoun

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

Singularnoun

(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

Solenoun

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

Singularnoun

(logic) That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.

Solenoun

(military) The bottom of an embrasure.

Singularadjective

Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.

‘And God forbid that all a companyShould rue a singular man's folly.’;

Solenoun

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

Singularadjective

Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

‘To try the matter thus together in a singular combat.’;

Solenoun

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

Singularadjective

Existing by itself; single; individual.

‘The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound.’;

Soleverb

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

Singularadjective

Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.

Soleverb

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

Singularadjective

Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; - opposed to dual and plural.

Soleadjective

only

Singularadjective

Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.

‘So singular a sadnessMust have a cause as strange as the effect.’;

Soleadjective

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

Singularadjective

Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.

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.

Singularadjective

Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; - often implying disapproval or censure.

‘His zealNone seconded, as out of season judged,Or singular and rash.’; ‘To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise.’;

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.’;

Singularadjective

Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.

‘These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.’;

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.’;

Singularnoun

An individual instance; a particular.

Solenoun

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

Singularnoun

The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.

Soleverb

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

Singularnoun

the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton

Soleadjective

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

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

Singularadjective

unusual or striking;

‘a remarkable sight’; ‘such poise is singular in one so young’;

Soleadjective

Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.

Singularadjective

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

‘a curious hybrid accent’; ‘her speech has a funny twang’; ‘they have some funny ideas about war’; ‘had an odd name’; ‘the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves’; ‘something definitely queer about this town’; ‘what a rum fellow’; ‘singular behavior’;

Solenoun

the underside of footwear or a golfclub

Singularadjective

being a single and separate person or thing;

‘can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?’; ‘every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind’;

Solenoun

lean flesh of any of several flatfish

Singularadjective

grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit

Solenoun

the underside of the foot

Singularadjective

the single one of its kind;

‘a singular example’; ‘the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting’; ‘a unique copy of an ancient manuscript’; ‘certain types of problems have unique solutions’;

Solenoun

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

Soleverb

put a new sole on;

‘sole the shoes’;

Soleadjective

not divided or shared with others;

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

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’;

Solenoun

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

Soleverb

put a new sole on to (a shoe)

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

Soleadjective

one and only

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

Soleadjective

belonging or restricted to one person or group of people

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

Soleadjective

(especially of a woman) unmarried.

Soleadjective

alone; unaccompanied.