Definition of 'feet'
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feet in British English
noun
1. the plural of foot
2. See at someone's feet
3. See be run off one's feet
4. See carry off one's feet
5. See feet of clay
6. See get one's feet wet
8. See on one's feet
9. See put one's feet up
10. See stand on one's own feet
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feetless (ˈfeetless) adjective
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feet in American English
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British English: feet
/fiːt/ NOUN
Your feet are the parts of your body that are at the ends of your legs, and that you stand on.
We danced until our feet were sore.
- American English: feet /fit/
- Arabic: أَقْدام
- Brazilian Portuguese: pés
- Chinese: 脚
- Croatian: stopala
- Czech: chodidla
- Danish: fødder
- Dutch: voeten
- European Spanish: pies
- Finnish: jalat
- French: pieds
- German: Füße
- Greek: πόδια
- Italian: piedi
- Japanese: 足
- Korean: 발
- Norwegian: føtter
- Polish: stopy
- European Portuguese: pés
- Romanian: picioare
- Russian: стопы
- Latin American Spanish: pies
- Swedish: fötter
- Thai: เท้า
- Turkish: ayaklar
- Ukrainian: ступня
- Vietnamese: chân
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