The programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation, (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory, computing Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM). Compare hardware

To make dirty, reflexive To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed, transitive To feed (livestock) with soilage, To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food, To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully, intransitive To make dirty, particularly on the surface, To corrupt; defile, To become dirty, stained, or tarnished, noun_ The state of being soiled, Manure, especially human excrement, used as fertilizer, A place or condition favorable to growth; a breeding ground

Using or operated by energy derived from the sun, Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun. See Solar system, below, a microscope consisting essentially, first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or in a darkened box, noun_ obsolete A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room, obsolete A loft or upper chamber; a garret room

Simple past tense and past participle of sell, noun_ obsolete solary; military pay, Preterit and past participle of sell, adjective_ disposed of to a purchaser

A nonreproductive ant or termite that has a large head and powerful jaws, Emphatically, a brave warrior; a man of military experience, skill, or genius; a man of distinguished valor; one possessing the distinctive carriage, looks, habits, or traits of those who make a profession of military service_ as, he is every inch a soldier, The corresponding form in a colony of white ants or termites, intransitive verb_ To serve as a soldier, To be or serve as a soldier, To make a show of working in order to escape punishment

Plural form of soldier, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of soldier

Being or acting without another; single; individual; only, Being the only one, Of or relating to only one individual or group; exclusive, noun_ Any of various chiefly marine flatfishes of the family Soleidae, having both eyes on the right side of the body, and including food fishes such as the Dover sole of the Atlantic Ocean, The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel, The bottom surface of the head of a golf club, transitive verb_ To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole, To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke, To furnish with a sole

without any others being included or involved, Singly; alone; only; without another, Entirely; exclusively

Of definite shape and volume; not liquid or gaseous, Being the same substance or color throughout, Written without a hyphen or space. For example, the word software is a solid compound, adverb_ Without a break or opening; completely or continuously, As a whole; unanimously, noun_ A substance having a definite shape and volume; one that is neither liquid nor gaseous, A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid, plural In printing, the parts of an engraving which show black or solid in print

A melody, movement, or work intended for or performed by a single performer, vocal or instrumental, with or without accompaniment. Opposed to concerted piece, whether chorus, duet, trio, or for a number of instruments, A job or performance done by one person alone, A single shot of espresso, adjective_ Without a companion or instructor, composed or performed by a single voice or instrument, Of, or relating to, a musical solo, verb_ To perform a soloTo perform something in the absence of anyone else, perform a piece written for a single instrument, intransitive verb_ To perform a solo, To fly an airplane without a companion or an instructor, especially for the first time, adverb_ without anybody else or anything else, Unaccompanied; alone,