footing
Meaning of footing
- a secure grip with one's feet.
he suddenly lost his footing
- the basis on which something is established or operates.
attempts to establish the shop on a firm financial footing
- the foundations of a wall, usually with a course of brickwork wider than the base of the wall.
- cover a distance, especially a long one, on foot.
the rider was left to foot it ten or twelve miles back to camp
Old English fōt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voet and German Fuss, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit pad, pāda, Greek pous, pod-, and Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’.
Information about footing
- The plural form of footing is: footings.
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GalicianHyphenation of footing
foot-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- footing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
footing synonyms
Meaning terms:
Meaning basis:
Meaning foothold:
Meaning a small place where a person's foot can be lodged to support them, especially while climbing:
Meaning an act or manner of grasping something; a grip:
Meaning a firm hold; a tight grasp:
Meaning an area off the coast which is suitable for a ship to anchor:
Meaning firm contact or grip:
Meaning a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright:
Meaning the quality not shaking or moving:
Meaning the state of being stable:
Meaning an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady:
Meaning a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced:
Meaning the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported:
Meaning the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level:
Meaning a solid foundation laid below ground level to support or strengthen a building:
Meaning an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based:
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