Foot definition
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:
- The lowest part; the bottom.The foot of a mountain; the foot of a page.
- The end opposite the head, top, or front.The foot of a bed; the foot of a parade.
- The termination of the leg of a piece of furniture, especially when shaped or modeled.
- The part of a sewing machine that holds down and guides the cloth.
- (nautical) The lower edge of a sail.
- (printing) The part of a type body that forms the sides of the groove at the base.
- (botany) The base of the sporophyte in mosses and liverworts.
noun
The part of a stocking or high-topped boot that encloses the foot.
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(informal) To pay (costs, expenses, etc.)
To foot the bill.
verb
Foot is defined as to walk, dance or go via the feet, or to pay for something.
An example of foot is to hike up a mountain.
An example of foot is to pay the entire dinner bill for a group of people.
verb
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The definition of a foot is the end or last of something or 12 inches.
An example of foot is the part of the body that goes in a shoe.
An example of foot is the bottom of a bed.
An example of foot is the length of a ruler.
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A unit of length in the US Customary and British Imperial systems equal to 12 inches (0.3048 meter).
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Sediment that forms during the refining of oil and other liquids; dregs.
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A manner of moving; a step.
Walks with a light foot.
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Speed or momentum, as in a race.
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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.
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In classical quantitative verse, a unit of meter consisting of long and short syllables in any of various set combinations.
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To go on foot; walk. Often used with it:
When their car broke down, they had to foot it the rest of the way.
verb
To dance. Often used with it:
verb
(nautical) To make headway; sail.
verb
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To go by foot over, on, or through; tread.
verb
To execute the steps of (a dance).
verb
To add up (a column of numbers) and write the sum at the bottom; total.
Footed up the bill.
verb
To pay; defray.
Footed the expense of their children's education.
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To provide (a stocking, for example) with a foot.
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The end part of the leg, on which a person or animal stands or moves.
noun
A thing like a foot in some way.
- The part that a thing stands on; base.
- The lowest part; bottom.The foot of a page.
- The last of a series.Go to the foot of the line.
- The part of a sewing machine that presses down on the cloth as it is moved forward and stitched.
- The part of the body of a mollusk that is normally muscular and ventrally located, used for attachment, burrowing, and locomotion, or, as in cephalopods, serving as the basis for the arms, tentacles, eyes, and mouth.
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The end of a bed, grave, etc. toward which the feet are directed.
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The end opposite to the end designated the head.
At the foot of the table.
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The part of a stocking, boot, etc. that covers the foot.
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A unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 12 inches or13 yard (0.3048 meter)
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(brit.) Foot soldiers; infantry.
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The sediment in a liquid.
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A group of syllables serving as a unit of meter in verse; esp., such a unit having a specified placement of the stressed syllable or syllables.
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To move ahead, esp. with speed.
verb
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To dance.
verb
To go on foot.
verb
To walk, dance, or run on, over, or through; tread.
verb
To make or repair the foot of (a stocking, etc.)
verb
To add (a column of figures) and set down a total.
verb
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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.
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A unit of length in the US Customary and British Imperial systems equal to 12 inches (0.3048 meter).
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A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to1 /3 of a yard or 12 inches (30.48 centimeters).
(countable) 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. transl.
A spider has eight feet.
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(uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking.
We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
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(countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
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(countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. transl.
The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
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(military, plural only) Foot soldiers; infantry. coord.
King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
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(countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
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(countable, 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.
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(countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail. coord. transl.
To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
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(countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
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(countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
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(countable, geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
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Fundamental principle; basis; plan. (never used in the plural)
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Recognized condition; rank; footing. (never used in the plural)
noun
To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
verb
To walk.
verb
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
verb
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
To foot (foot up) an account.
verb
The lower extremity of the vertebrate leg that is in direct contact with the ground in standing or walking.
noun
The inferior part or rank.
At the foot of the class.
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Foot soldiers; infantry.
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at (someone's) feet
- Enchanted or fascinated by another.
idiom
best foot forward
- A favorable initial impression:He always has his best foot forward when speaking to his constituents. Put your best foot forward during an employment interview.
idiom
feet of clay
- An underlying weakness or fault:
idiom
(slang) foot in the door
- An initial point of or opportunity for entry.
- A first step in working toward a goal.
idiom
get (one's) feet wet
- To start a new activity or job.
idiom
(informal) have one foot in the grave
- To be on the verge of death, as from illness or severe trauma.
idiom
have (one's) feet on the ground
- To be sensible and practical about one's situation.
idiom
on (one's) feet
- Standing up:The crowd was on its feet for the last ten seconds.
- Fully recovered, as after an illness or convalescence:The patient is on her feet again.
- In a sound or stable operating condition:Put the business back on its feet after years of mismanagement.
- In an impromptu situation; extemporaneously:
idiom
on the right foot
- In an auspicious manner:The project started off on the right foot but soon ran into difficulties.
idiom
on the wrong foot
- In an inauspicious manner:The project started off on the wrong foot.
idiom
a foot in the door
- an opportunity, as to gain access to something or begin an undertaking
idiom
foot it
- to dance, walk, or run
idiom
of foot
- in walking or runningSwift of foot.
idiom
on foot
- walking or running
- going on; in process
idiom
on the wrong foot
- in an inept or unfavorable way at the very beginning
idiom
(informal) put one's best foot forward
- to do the best that one can
- to try to appear at one's best
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put one's foot down
- to be firm; act decisively
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put one's foot in it
- to make an embarrassing or troublesome blunder
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put one's foot in one's mouth
- to make an embarrassing or tactless statement
idiom
under foot
- on the surface of the ground; on the floor, etc.
- in the way
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
at (someone's) feet
best foot forward
foot in the door
have (one's) feet on the ground
on the right foot
on the wrong foot
a foot in the door
of foot
on the wrong foot
under foot
Origin of foot
- Middle English fot from Old English fōt ped- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English, from Old English fōt (“foot”), from Proto-Germanic *fōts (“foot”) (compare Scots fit, West Frisian foet, Dutch voet, German Fuß, Danish fod), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (compare Hittite pata, Latin pēs, pedis, Tocharian A pe, B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda (“sole (foot)”), Russian под (pod, “ground”), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Albanian shputë (“palm, foot sole”), Armenian ոտն (otn), Sanskrit पद् (pád)).
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