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Definition of 'FOOT'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) foot
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.

2.  foot
(in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function.

3.  foot
a unit of length, orig. derived from the length of the human foot, that is divided into 12 inches and equal to 30.48 centimeters.

4.  foot
walking or running motion; pace:
swift of foot.

5.  foot
quality or character of movement or motion; tread; step.

6.  foot
any part or thing resembling a foot, as in function, placement, or shape.

7.  foot
a shaped or ornamented feature terminating the lower part of a leg or serving as the base of a piece of furniture.

8.  foot
a rim, flange, or flaring part, often distinctively treated, serving as a base for a table furnishing or utensil, as a glass, teapot, or candlestick.

9.  foot
the part of a stocking, sock, etc., covering the foot.

10.  foot
an attachment on a sewing machine that holds and guides the fabric.

11.  foot
the lowest part, or bottom, as of a hill, ladder, or page.

12.  foot
a supporting part; base.

13.  foot
the part of anything opposite the top or head:
the foot of a bed.

14.  foot
the last, as of a series.

15.  foot
that which is written at the bottom, as the total of an account.

16.  foot
a group of syllables constituting a metrical unit of a verse.

17.  foot
Usu., foots.

18.  foot
sediment or dregs.

19.  foot
footlights.

20.  foot
Naut. the lower edge of a sail.

21. (v.i.) foot
to walk; go on foot (often fol. by it):
We'll have to foot it.

22.  foot
to move the feet rhythmically, as to music or in dance (often fol. by it).

23.  foot
(of a boat) to move forward; sail.

24. (v.t.) foot
to walk or dance on.

25.  foot
to perform (a dance).

26.  foot
to traverse on or as if on foot.

27.  foot
to make or attach a foot to.

28.  foot
to pay or settle:
to foot the bill.

29.  foot
to add ( a column of figures) and set the sum at the foot.

30.  foot
to seize with talons, as a hawk.

31.  foot
to establish.

32.  foot
Archaic. to kick, esp. to kick away.

33.  foot
Obs. to set foot on.

Definition of 'FOOT'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) foot, human foot, pes
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
"his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"

2. (noun) foot, ft
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
"he is six feet tall"

3. (noun) foot
the lower part of anything
"curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"

4. (noun) animal foot, foot
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

5. (noun) foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
lowest support of a structure
"it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

6. (noun) foot, invertebrate foot
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

7. (noun) foot
travel by walking
"he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"

8. (noun) foot
a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger

9. (noun) infantry, foot
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
"there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"

10. (noun) metrical foot, foot, metrical unit
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

11. (verb) foot
a support resembling a pedal extremity
"one foot of the chair was on the carpet"

12. (verb) foot, pick
pay for something
"pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"

13. (verb) foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it
walk
"let's hoof it to the disco"

14. (verb) foot, foot up
add a column of numbers

Definition of 'FOOT'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) foot
one of the two body parts at the end of your legs
My feet are cold.; his right/left foot

2.  foot
a unit of length of approximately 30cm (12 inches)
12 feet long/wide/high/tall; At six foot, he's fairly tall.

3.  foot
the foot of
the bottom of
at the foot of the stairs/mountain

4.  foot
on foot
walking, not using transportation
Two soldiers came by on foot.

5.  foot
have/keep your feet on the ground
to continue to be realistic or sensible
Despite her fame she keeps her feet firmly on the ground.

6.  foot
have/get cold feet
to decide you are too nervous to do sth you previously said you would do
He was going to audition, but now he's getting cold feet.

7.  foot
on your feet
standing, not sitting
I've been on my feet all day.

8.  foot
put your feet up
to rest
Sit down, and put your feet up for a while.

9.  foot
put your foot down
to insist sb does or does not do sth
I finally put my foot down and told her she couldn't stay

10.  foot
not set foot in/on
emphasizes that sb does not go somewhere
He had never set foot in a church.

Definition of 'FOOT'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) FOOT
the terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes

2. (noun) FOOT
the muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum

3. (noun) FOOT
that which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking

4. (noun) FOOT
the lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed

5. (noun) FOOT
fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular

6. (noun) FOOT
recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular

7. (noun) FOOT
a measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard

8. (noun) FOOT
soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry

9. (noun) FOOT
a combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent

10. (noun) FOOT
the lower edge of a sail

11. (verb) FOOT
to tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip

12. (verb) FOOT
to walk; -- opposed to ride or fly

13. (verb) FOOT
to kick with the foot; to spurn

14. (verb) FOOT
to set on foot; to establish; to land

15. (verb) FOOT
to tread; as, to foot the green

16. (verb) FOOT
to sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account

17. (verb) FOOT
the size or strike with the talon

18. (verb) FOOT
to renew the foot of, as of stocking

Definition of 'FOOT'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. FOOT
The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates, consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE); METATARSUS; phalanges; and the soft tissues surrounding these bones.

Translation of 'FOOT'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks My feet are very sore from walking so far.
Afrikaans: voet; voete; poot; pote	Arabic: قَدَم	Bulgarian: пета
Brazilian: pé	Czech: noha	German: der Fuß
Danish: fod	Greek: πόδι	Spanish: pie
Estonian: (laba)jalg	Farsi: پا	Finnish: jalka
French: pied	Hebrew: כַּף רֶגֶל	Hindi: पांव
Croatian: stopalo	Hungarian: láb(fej)	Indonesian: kaki
Icelandic: fótur	Italian: piede	Japanese: 足
Korean: (척추 동물의) 발	Lithuanian: pėda, koja	Latvian: (kājas) pēda
Malay: kaki	Dutch: voet	Norwegian: fot
Polish: stopa, noga	Persian: پا	Pashto: پښه
Portuguese: pé	Romanian: picior	Russian: ступня, нога; лапа
Slovak: noha	Slovenian: noga	Serbian: stopalo
Swedish: fot	Thai: เท้า	Turkish: ayak
Taiwanese: 腳	Ukrainian: ступня, нога	Urdu: پاؤں
Vietnamese: bàn chân	Chinese: 脚
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