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
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Definition of 'FOOT' 
