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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.
- Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
- A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.
- The lower edge of a sail.
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 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 (2):
- 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 (3):
- travel by walking
Example in sentence:
  • he followed on foot;
  • the swiftest of foot
Meaning (4):
- a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
Example in sentence:
  • he is six feet tall
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
8 . foot [ v]
Meaning (8):
- pay for something
Example in sentence:
  • foot the bill;
  • pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages;
  • pick up the tab
Meaning (9):
- walk
Example in sentence:
  • let's hoof it to the disco

Nearby Words:

food foodful foodless foody fool fool-born fool-happy fool-hasty fool-large fool-largesse

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