foot

Plural: feet, foot

Noun

• The terminal part of the leg, below the ankle.
• the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
  • "armored from head to foot"
• a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
• 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"
• the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
• lowest support of a structure
  • "he stood at the foot of the tower"
• any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
• travel by walking
  • "he followed on foot"
  • "the swiftest of foot"
• a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
• an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
  • "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
• (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
• a support resembling a pedal extremity
  • "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
• A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
• Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
• Travel by walking.
• The base or bottom of anything.
• The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
• The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
• A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
• A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
• A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
• Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area.
• A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
• Ellipsis of cubic foot, a unit of volume.
• A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
• Foot soldiers; infantry.
• The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
• The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
• The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
• The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
• The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
• The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
• The bottom edge of a sail.
• The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
• In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
• The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
• The globular lower domain of a protein.
• The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
• Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
• Recognized condition; rank; footing.

Verb

Verb Forms: footed, footing, foots

• To walk or move on foot.
• pay for something
  • "foot the bill"
• walk
• add a column of numbers
• To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
• To pay (a bill).
• To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
• To walk.
• To set foot on; to walk on.
• To set on foot; to establish; to land.
• To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
• To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
• To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.

Examples

• A spider has eight feet.
• I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
• King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
• My sis's just over six foot two.
• She strategically placed "FOOT" next to an ’S’ to secure a plural and a bonus.
• Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
• The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
• The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.
• The host should sit at the foot of the table.
• There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
• to foot (or foot up) an account
• To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
• We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
• We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
• You might have to FOOT the bill for that challenge if your word isn’t valid.

Synonyms

animal foot, base, foot up, foundation, ft, fundament, groundwork, hoof, hoof it, human foot, infantry, invertebrate foot, leg it, metrical foot, metrical unit, pes, pick, substructure, understructure, foot

Antonyms

head

Related Words

leg, pedal, relating to the foot