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▸ noun: (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
▸ noun: (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
▸ noun: The base or bottom of anything.
▸ noun: The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
▸ noun: The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
▸ noun: A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
▸ noun: (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
▸ noun: (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
▸ noun: (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
▸ noun: (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
▸ noun: (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
▸ noun: (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
▸ noun: (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
▸ noun: (phonology) 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.
▸ noun: (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
▸ noun: (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
▸ noun: (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
▸ noun: (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
▸ noun: (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
▸ noun: (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
▸ noun: Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
▸ noun: Recognized condition; rank; footing.
▸ verb: (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
▸ verb: (transitive) To pay (a bill).
▸ verb: To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
▸ verb: To walk.
▸ verb: (now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
▸ verb: To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
▸ verb: To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. [A unit of area equal to the area of a square whose sides are one foot long.]
▸ noun: (informal) Ellipsis of square foot. A unit of area. [A unit of area equal to the area of a square whose sides are one foot long.]
▸ noun: (informal) Ellipsis of cubic foot. A unit of volume. [A measure of volume or capacity equivalent to that of a cube having unit dimension of one foot; equals 28.32 litres.]
Similar:
FT,
hoof,
pick,
hoof it,
understructure,
substructure,
leg it,
infantry,
groundwork,
foundation,
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Types:
human foot,
dog foot,
cat foot,
chicken foot,
cow foot,
pig foot,
horse foot,
deer foot,
bear foot,
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