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foot
(f/U/t )

noun (n)

  • the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint(noun.body)
    Example:
    Armored from head to foot.
    Synonym:
    human foot, pes
    source: wordnet30
  • a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard(noun.quantity)
    Synonym:
    ft
    source: wordnet30
  • the lower part of anything(noun.location)
    Example:
    Curled up on the foot of the bed.
    The foot of the page.
    The foot of the list.
    The foot of the mountain.
    Antonym:
    head
    source: wordnet30
  • the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings(noun.animal)
    Synonym:
    animal foot
    source: wordnet30
  • lowest support of a structure(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He stood at the foot of the tower.
    Synonym:
    base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
    source: wordnet30
  • any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates(noun.animal)
    Synonym:
    invertebrate foot
    source: wordnet30
  • travel by walking(noun.act)
    Example:
    He followed on foot.
    The swiftest of foot.
    source: wordnet30
  • a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot(noun.group)
    Example:
    There came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot.
    Synonym:
    infantry
    source: wordnet30
  • (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    metrical foot, metrical unit
    source: wordnet30
  • a support resembling a pedal extremity(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    One foot of the chair was on the carpet.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • pay for something(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Foot the bill.
    Synonym:
    pick
    source: wordnet30
  • walk(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    hoof, hoof it, leg it
    source: wordnet30
  • add a column of numbers(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    foot up
    source: wordnet30
  • To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To kick with the foot; to spurn.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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