Foot

Word FOOT
Character 4
Hyphenation foot
Pronunciations [fʊt̚]

Definitions and meanings of "Foot"

What do we mean by foot?

The lower extremity of the vertebrate leg that is in direct contact with the ground in standing or walking. noun

A structure used for locomotion or attachment in an invertebrate animal, such as the muscular organ extending from the ventral side of a mollusk. noun

Something suggestive of a foot in position or function, especially. noun

The lowest part; the bottom. noun

The end opposite the head, top, or front. noun

The termination of the leg of a piece of furniture, especially when shaped or modeled. noun

The part of a sewing machine that holds down and guides the cloth. noun

The lower edge of a sail. noun

The part of a type body that forms the sides of the groove at the base. noun

The base of the sporophyte in mosses and liverworts. noun

The inferior part or rank. noun

The part of a stocking or high-topped boot that encloses the foot. noun

A manner of moving; a step. noun

Speed or momentum, as in a race. noun

Foot soldiers; infantry. noun

A unit of poetic meter consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables in any of various set combinations. For example, an iambic foot has an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable. noun

In classical quantitative verse, a unit of meter consisting of long and short syllables in any of various set combinations. noun

A unit of length in the US Customary and British Imperial systems equal to 12 inches (0.3048 meter). noun

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.

(often used attributively) 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 for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.

(collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.

(cigars) 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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Foot

The word "foot" in example sentences

"'_And thine eye shall not pity_,'" said her father, in a tone of rebuke, "'_but, life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot_.'" ❋ William Harrison Ainsworth (1843)

'Follow on by the foot of the wood, and you'll get there in time,' was the reply, at length faintly heard in the distance, and the cart rumbled heavily away again, leaving me just as wise as before; for which was _head_ and which was _foot_ of the wood I knew no more than the child unborn. ❋ Various (1836)

And thus the offering ended* the loo poor men were placed to prcM: eeti homeward on foot, and after them the knights* esquires, and gentlemen, on horseback; then Garter principal king of arms; then the principal nnoumerr with the other eight moumers two and two; and then the yeomen on foot» two and two. ❋ Arthur Collins , Egerton Brydges , Samuel Egerton Brydges (1812)

Well scrub athlete's foot from the list because my left foot is happily harbouring something icky. ❋ Jonathan (2005)

I use the term foot for a member employed for movement in place connected with a point on the ground, for the feet appear to have got their name from the ground under our feet. ❋ Unknown (2002)

* The reader will note, that when we use the term foot-pad, we mean him who robs on foot only; highway-man intends one who robs on horse back. highway robbery. ❋ Unknown (1790)

A subsequent visit to another podiatrist told me that taking a bone out of the foot is an ignorant thing to do — or, at least, taking THAT bone out of the foot is ignorant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Four years later they call to say an NFL place-kicker has just died in a freak PAT accident and his foot is a match. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Right next to my foot is the other half of my arrow, the broad head still on it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

BROWN: Kennedy promised to be what he called a foot soldier in the health care battle to come. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Apparently, his foot is the length of her palm right now. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The shape of the foot is altered and after that, work is like a dance. ❋ Unknown (1997)

And now, while I stood to get my wind, he explained how it was done, showing me sudden volts and turns and shifts which he termed foot-work. ❋ Jeffery Farnol (1915)

Then Bland Halliday turned his attention to certain raw places on his person, trying to ease them by putting all his weight on what he termed the foot-controls. ❋ B. M. Bower (1905)

Anyhow, if that's what they call foot ball playin ', your Uncle Josh don't want any foot ball in his'n. ❋ Unknown (1903)

The stretch of rolling turf which we called the foot-ball field became the arena in which I suffered martyrdom daily. ❋ Nelson Lloyd (1903)

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