foot

Meaning of foot

noun
  1. 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.
    A spider has eight feet.
  2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
    Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
  3. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
    There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
  4. The base or bottom of anything.
    I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
  5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
    We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
  6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
    The host should sit at the foot of the table.
  7. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
    The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
  8. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
    The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.
  9. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
  10. (collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
    King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
  11. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
  12. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  13. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
  14. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
  15. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
  16. 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.
  17. The bottom edge of a sail.
    To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
  18. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
  19. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
  20. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  21. The globular lower domain of a protein.
  22. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
  23. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
  24. Recognized condition; rank; footing.
verb
  1. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  2. To pay (a bill).
  3. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
  4. To walk.
  5. To tread.
    to foot the green
  6. To set on foot; to establish; to land.
  7. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
  8. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
    to foot (or foot up) an account

Information about foot

  • The plural form of foot is: feet.
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Hyphenation of foot

foot

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • foot is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

foot synonyms

Meaning human foot:

pes

Meaning foundation:

foundation, base, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure

Meaning infantry:

infantry

Meaning pick:

pick

Meaning leg it:

hoof

Translation of foot

Words that rhyme with foot

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