sole
verb/səʊl/
/səʊl/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sole | /səʊl/ /səʊl/ |
| he / she / it soles | /səʊlz/ /səʊlz/ |
| past simple soled | /səʊld/ /səʊld/ |
| past participle soled | /səʊld/ /səʊld/ |
| -ing form soling | /ˈsəʊlɪŋ/ /ˈsəʊlɪŋ/ |
- sole something to repair a shoe by replacing the soleWord Originverb Middle English: from Old French, from Latin solea ‘sandal, sill’, from solum ‘bottom, pavement, sole’; compare with Dutch zool and German Sohle.
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