foot (fʊt
)
Definitions
noun
Word forms: plural, feet, fiːt
- the part of the vertebrate leg below the ankle joint that is in contact with the ground during standing and walking pedal
- the part of a garment that covers a foot
- any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates, including molluscs
- botany the lower part of some plant structures, as of a developing moss sporophyte embedded in the parental tissue
- a unit of length equal to one third of a yard or 12 inches. 1 Imperial foot is equivalent to 0.3048 metre
ft - any of various units of length used at different times and places, typically about 10 per cent greater than the Imperial foot
- a unit of length equal to one third of a yard or 12 inches. 1 Imperial foot is equivalent to 0.3048 metre
- any part resembling a foot in form or function ⇒
the foot of a chair
- the lower part of something; base; bottom ⇒
the foot of the page
the foot of a hill
- the end of a series or group ⇒
the foot of the list
- manner of walking or moving; tread; step ⇒
a heavy foot
- infantry, esp in the British army
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a foot soldier
- any of various attachments on a sewing machine that hold the fabric in position, such as a presser foot for ordinary sewing and a zipper foot
- music
- a unit used in classifying organ pipes according to their pitch, in terms of the length of an equivalent column of air
- this unit applied to stops and registers on other instruments
- printing
- the margin at the bottom of a page
- the undersurface of a piece of type
- prosody a group of two or more syllables in which one syllable has the major stress, forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- See a foot in the door
- See kick with the wrong foot
- See my foot!
- See of foot
- See on foot
- See one foot in the grave
- See on the right foot
- See on the wrong foot
- See put a foot wrong
- See put one's best foot forward
- See put one's foot down
- See put one's foot in it
- See set on foot
- See tread under foot
- See under foot
verb
- to dance to music (esp in the phrase foot it)
- (tr) to walk over or set foot on; traverse (esp in the phrase foot it)
- (tr) to pay the entire cost of (esp in the phrase foot the bill)
- (usually foll by up) archaic or dialect to add up
Alternative Forms
ˈfootless adjectiveWord Origin
Old English fōt ; related to Old Norse fōtr , Gothic fōtus , Old High German fuoz , Latin pēs , Greek pous , Sanskrit padSynonyms
View thesaurus entryFoot (fʊt)
Definitions
noun
- Michael (Mackintosh). 1913–2010, British Labour politician and journalist; secretary of state for employment (1974–76); leader of the House of Commons (1976–79); leader of the Labour Party (1980–83)
Translations
- British English:
foot
Your feet are the parts of your body that are at the ends of your legs, and that you stand on.She stamped her foot again.fʊt NOUN She stamped her foot again.
- Spanish:
pie
nm
- French:
pied
nm
- German:
Fuß
nm Füße
- Chinese: 足 n
- Arabic: قَدَم n
- Portuguese: pé nm
- Russian: ступня nf
- Croatian: stopalo nnt
- Czech: chodidlo nnt
- Danish: fod nutr
- Dutch: voet nm
- Finnish: jalka n
- Greek: πόδι nnt
- Italian: piede nm
- Japanese: 足 n
- Korean: 발 n
- Norwegian: fot nm føtter
- Polish: stopa nf stopy
- Brazilian Portuguese: pé nm
- European Spanish:
pie
nm
- Swedish: fot nutr fötter
- Thai: เท้า n
- Turkish: ayak n ayaklar
- Vietnamese: chân n
Usage examples
The dog was still there, scratching its ear with a back foot , eyes half-closed with concentration.
, LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)In the early evening, I returned to Charette and explored on foot westward along the crumbling bank of the Doubs.
Country Life (2004)Harrington's injury is related to ligament damage in his foot.
Irish Times (2002)You have to travel, maybe 350 kilometres (almost 220 miles), often on foot.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Lay nuts and apples at the foot of the pole as an offering to the wild things of nature and scatter crumbs and seeds.
, A WITCH ALONE (2002)