heel
IPA: hˈiɫ
noun
- (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- (usually in the plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
- (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
- (music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- (US, Ireland, Scotland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
- (informal) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
- (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
- (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- (architecture, obsolete) A cyma reversa.
- (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
- (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
- In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
- (nautical) The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
- (nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
- A part of Maasgouw in the Netherlands
verb
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
- (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- (chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.
- (rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”). [(rare, now chiefly dialectal or archaic) To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).]
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Examples of "heel" in Sentences
- The heels move toward the floor.
- The toe and the heel meet together.
- The heel of the rear foot rests on the ground.
- The magazine release is on the heel of the handgrip.
- The calcaneus in the human skeleton is the heel bone.
- The heel of the skier's boot is detached from the ski.
- A heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot.
- The male wore military combat boots, and the female wore stiletto heels.
- In human anatomy, the heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot.
- Each step involves putting the heel of one foot touching the toe of the other.
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