foot
IPA: fˈʊt
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.
- (anatomy) 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.
- (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
- (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
- (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
- (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- (phonology) 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.
- (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
- (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
- (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- Recognized condition; rank; footing.
- A surname.
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. [A unit of area equal to the area of a square whose sides are one foot long.]
- (informal) Ellipsis of square foot. A unit of area. [A unit of area equal to the area of a square whose sides are one foot long.]
- (informal) Ellipsis of cubic foot. A unit of volume. [A measure of volume or capacity equivalent to that of a cube having unit dimension of one foot; equals 28.32 litres.]
verb
- (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- (transitive) To pay (a bill).
- To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- To walk.
- (now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
- (obsolete) 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.
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Examples of "foot" in Sentences
- My foot is so gelid.
- This is a city to savor on foot.
- The free end of the foot is pointed.
- The foot of the man had to be amputated.
- At the foot of the tower is a barbecue hut.
- The performer stands on the tip of the foot.
- The corresponding part of the foot is the tarsus.
- The hand is always the player on the right of the foot.
- The sole of the foot is seen as a microcosm of the body.
- Use shovel and trowel to clear it, foot by foot, and rebuild.
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