Afoot

What do we mean by afoot?

On foot; walking. adverb & adjective

In the process of being carried out; astir. adverb & adjective

On foot; walking: opposed to on horseback, or in a carriage or other conveyance: as, he was mounted, but I came afoot.

In a condition to walk about, as after sickness.

Astir; stirring; about.

In progress; in course of being carried out: as, there is mischief afoot.

On foot. adverb

Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress. adverb

On foot. adverb

In motion; in action; astir; in progress. adverb

On foot; walking adverb

Currently in progress adjective

Traveling by foot adjective

(predicative) That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress.

In preparation or progress; happening or beginning to happen Urban Dictionary

Pronunciation: &-'fut-ed Function: adverb or adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French afoo, from Latin afute to walk, from afut- + -ed (verb base akin to Middle Welsh el he may go, Greek Elythe he went) 1 : the past action of being on foot 2 : something that was in the process of being carried out Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to afoot:
afoot, foot, sfoot.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word afoot:
catered, sherlock, holmes, link, restore, extend, detective, remote, nuclear, rail, replace, horses, build, gone, serving, stadium, capacity, kill, bring.

Words that rhyme with afoot:
put, foot, input, output, soot, throughput, caput, barefoot, pussyfoot, bigfoot, goosefoot, underfoot, blackfoot, forefoot, shot put, coltsfoot, stay put, lightfoot, foote, square foot, metrical foot, board foot, hard put, proudfoot, cubic foot, human foot, cardiac output, tube foot, animal foot, immersion foot, red goosefoot, cleft foot, barfoot, sweet coltsfoot, stinking goosefoot, webbed foot, invertebrate foot, alpine coltsfoot, oakleaf goosefoot, vertebrate foot.

Adjectives that are often used to describe afoot:
slow, active, evil, magic, unusual, much, early, sinister, serious, new, last, more, quick, slower, safer, swift, big, important, strange, usual, hot, present, special, awkward, swiftest, sorcery, quickest, plumb, untoward, fresh, suspicious, helpless, indian, interesting, gear, orderly.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective afoot:
pound, stool.

Consonant match to afoot:
effort, effete, au fait, ophite, effet, e-fit, oophyte, hoof it, e fit, eifert, offutt, half height, a fight, a fit, f it, half it, her foot, hough it, off foot, off it, who fight, who fit.

Words that sound like afoot:
afoot, afat, afit, effete, effet, uft, afid, efit, affied, efate, au fait, offutt, ifat, sfoot, effort, aford, effect, buffet, affect, afloat, unfit, eft, tuffet, buffett, ift, affright, effed, rough it, afy, lafitte, ephod, afua, afreet, afu, sfat, rafat, the fight, unfought, efed, a thought, affiche, ifft, affret, laffite, laffitte, uffa, avait, mofat, a flat, afoa, ifte, webfoot, eifert, offert, oft, aft, aphid, offed, afte, afew, a few, jfet, on foot, iift, dfat, afct, my foot, by foot, avert, afer, afr, afri, afir, dufort, efird, afar, affair, afford, a lot, afair, affaire, a head, affined, affine, affor, a fool, -ify, acct, acat, acet, a fire, afaf, acut, afec, afb, afal, a good, a sight, a site, afaq.