Meaning of 'foot'

Meaning of 'foot' (Webster Dictionary)

1. Foot

[ n.]

- The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.
- The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.
- That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
- The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
- Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.
- A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard

2. Foot

[ v. i.]

- To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.

3. Foot

[ v. t.]

- To kick with the foot; to spurn.
- To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- To tread; as, to foot the green.
- To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
- The size or strike with the talon.
- To renew the foot of, as of stocking.

Meaning of 'foot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1. foot

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the lower part of anything

Example in sentence:

curled up on the foot of the bed;
the foot of the list;
the foot of the mountain;
the foot of the page

Meaning (2):
- travel by walking

Example in sentence:

he followed on foot;
the swiftest of foot

Meaning (3):
- a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

Example in sentence:

he is six feet tall

Meaning (4):
- the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

Example in sentence:

armored from head to foot;
his bare feet projected from his trousers

Meaning (5):
- lowest support of a structure

Example in sentence:

he stood at the foot of the tower;
it was built on a base of solid rock

Meaning (6):
- a support resembling a pedal extremity

Example in sentence:

one foot of the chair was on the carpet

Meaning (7):
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

Example in sentence:

there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot

2. foot

[ v]

Meaning (8):
- walk

Example in sentence:

let's hoof it to the disco

Meaning (9):
- pay for something

Example in sentence:

foot the bill;
pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages;
pick up the tab

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Meaning of 'foot'

Meaning of 'foot' (Webster Dictionary)

Meaning of 'foot' (Princeton's WordNet)

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