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Definitions of 'Heel' Wordnet 

1. (noun) heel
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

2. (noun) heel
the back part of the human foot

3. (noun) cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel
someone who is morally reprehensible
"you dirty dog"

4. (noun) heel
one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

5. (noun) heel
the lower end of a ship's mast

6. (verb) heel
(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

7. (verb) list, heel
tilt to one side
"The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard"

8. (verb) heel
follow at the heels of a person

9. (verb) heel
perform with the heels
"heel that dance"

10. (verb) heel
strike with the heel of the club
"heel a golf ball"

11. (verb) heel, reheel
put a new heel on
"heel shoes"


Definitions of 'Heel' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) Heel
the hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds

2. (noun) Heel
the hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe

3. (noun) Heel
the latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part

4. (noun) Heel
anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob

5. (noun) Heel
the part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests

6. (noun) Heel
the after end of a ship's keel

7. (noun) Heel
the lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc

8. (noun) Heel
in a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position

9. (noun) Heel
the uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt

10. (noun) Heel
the part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe

11. (noun) Heel
management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well

12. (noun) Heel
the lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping

13. (noun) Heel
a cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen

14. (verb) Heel
to lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it

15. (verb) Heel
to perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like

16. (verb) Heel
to add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe

17. (verb) Heel
to arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting


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