Flounder vs. Sole

Floundernoun

A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.

Floundernoun

(North America) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.

Floundernoun

A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.

Flounderverb

(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.

Flounderverb

(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

Flounderverb

(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

Floundernoun

A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species.

Floundernoun

A tool used in crimping boot fronts.

Floundernoun

The act of floundering.

Flounderverb

To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.

Floundernoun

flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

Floundernoun

any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

Flounderverb

walk with great difficulty;

Flounderverb

behave awkwardly; have difficulties;

Flounder

Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries.

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

Solenoun

(obsolete) The foot itself.

Solenoun

Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

The bottom of a furrow.

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

(military) The bottom of an embrasure.

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

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

Soleverb

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

Soleverb

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

Soleadjective

only

Soleadjective

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

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.

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

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

Solenoun

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

Soleverb

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

Soleadjective

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

Soleadjective

Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.

Solenoun

the underside of footwear or a golfclub

Solenoun

lean flesh of any of several flatfish

Solenoun

the underside of the foot

Solenoun

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

Soleverb

put a new sole on;

Soleadjective

not divided or shared with others;

Soleadjective

being the only one; single and isolated from others;

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)

Soleadjective

one and only

Soleadjective

belonging or restricted to one person or group of people

Soleadjective

(especially of a woman) unmarried.

Soleadjective

alone; unaccompanied.