adjective + soldier : dead, injured, wounded; brave, loyal
verb + soldier : injure, kill, shoot, wound; capture
sol|dier|ly /soʊ ldʒə r li/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you act in a soldierly way, you behave like a good or brave soldier. [FORMAL ] □ There was a great deal of soldierly good fellowship.
sol|diery /soʊ ldʒəri/ N‑UNCOUNT Soldiery is a group or body of soldiers. [LITERARY ] □ …the distant shouts and songs of the drunken soldiery.
so ld ou t
1 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If a performance, sports event, or other entertainment is sold out , all the tickets for it have been sold. □ The premiere on Monday is sold out.
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If a shop is sold out of something, it has sold all of it that it had. □ [+ of ] The stores are sometimes sold out of certain groceries.
3 → see also sell out
sole /soʊ l/ (soles )
1 ADJ [ADJ n] The sole thing or person of a particular type is the only one of that type. □ Their sole aim is to destabilize the Indian government.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] If you have sole charge or ownership of something, you are the only person in charge of it or who owns it. □ Many women are left as the sole providers in families after their husband has died. □ Chief Hart had sole control over that fund.
3 N‑COUNT The sole of your foot or of a shoe or sock is the underneath surface of it. □ …shoes with rubber soles. □ He had burned the sole of his foot.
4 N‑COUNT A sole is a kind of flat fish that you can eat. ● N‑UNCOUNT Sole is this fish eaten as food.
-soled /-soʊld/ COMB [usu ADJ n] -soled combines with adjectives and nouns to form adjectives which describe shoes with a particular kind of sole. □ The lad was wearing rubber-soled shoes.
sole|ly /soʊ lli/ ADV [ADV with v] If something involves solely one thing, it involves only this thing and no others. □ She insisted that she was solely responsible for what had happened.
sol|emn /sɒ ləm/
1 ADJ Someone or something that is solemn is very serious rather than cheerful or humorous. □ His solemn little face broke into smiles. □ He looked solemn. ● so|lem|nity /səle mn I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] The setting for this morning's signing ceremony matched the solemnity of the occasion.
2 ADJ A solemn promise or agreement is one that you make in a very formal, sincere way. □ …a solemn pledge that he would never remarry.
so le pro|pri |etor (sole proprietors ) N‑COUNT The sole proprietor of a business is the owner of the business, when it is owned by only one person. [BUSINESS ] □ …a firm of solicitors of which he was the sole proprietor.
so le tra d|er (sole traders ) N‑COUNT A sole trader is a person who owns their own business and does not have a partner or any shareholders. [BUSINESS ] □ Finance for a sole trader usually comes from the individual's own savings.
so|lic|it /səl I s I t/ (solicits , soliciting , solicited )
1 VERB If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] He's already solicited their support on health care reform. □ [V n + from ] No tuition was charged by the school, which solicited contributions from the society's members.
2 VERB When prostitutes solicit , they offer to have sex with people in return for money. □ [V ] Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places. ● so|lic|it|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ Girls could get very heavy sentences for soliciting–nine months or more.
so|lici|ta|tion /səl I s I te I ʃ ə n/ (solicitations ) N‑VAR Solicitation is the act of asking someone for money, help, support, or an opinion. [mainly AM ] □ [+ of ] Republican leaders are making open solicitation of the Italian-American vote.
so|lici|tor ◆◇◇ /səl I s I tə r / (solicitors )
1 N‑COUNT In Britain, a solicitor is a lawyer who gives legal advice, prepares legal documents and cases, and represents clients in the lower courts of law. Compare barrister .
2 N‑COUNT In the United States, a solicitor is the chief lawyer in a government or city department.
So|li ci|tor Ge n|er|al also solicitor-general N‑SING ; N‑TITLE The Solicitor General in Britain or the United States, or in an American state, is the second most important legal officer, next in rank below an Attorney General.
so|lici|tous /səl I s I təs/ ADJ A person who is solicitous shows anxious concern for someone or something. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] He was so solicitous of his guests. ● so|lici|tous|ly ADV [usu ADV with v] □ He took her hand in greeting and asked solicitously how everything was.
so|lici|tude /səl I s I tjuːd, [AM ] -tuːd/ N‑UNCOUNT Solicitude is anxious concern for someone. [FORMAL ] □ He is full of tender solicitude towards my sister.
sol|id ◆◇◇ /sɒ l I d/ (solids )
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A solid substance or object stays the same shape whether it is in a container or not. □ …the potential of greatly reducing our solid waste problem. □ He did not eat solid food for several weeks.
2 N‑COUNT A solid is a substance that stays the same shape whether it is in a container or not. □ Solids turn to liquids at certain temperatures. □ …the decomposition of solids.
3 ADJ A substance that is solid is very hard or firm. □ The snow had melted, but the lake was still frozen solid. □ The concrete will stay as solid as a rock.