foot

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.

A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.

(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.

(informal) Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area. [A unit of area, regardless of its shape, 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.

To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).

To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

(Ireland, transitive) To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.

(now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.

(obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.

Synonyms for foot

hoofn pesn splayfootn creticadj forefootn legn heeln instepn tetrapodyadj pentapodyadj

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