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▸ noun:  (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
▸ noun:  The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
▸ noun:  The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
▸ noun:  The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
▸ noun:  (usually in the plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
▸ noun:  (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
▸ noun:  (music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
▸ noun:  The last or lowest part of anything.
▸ noun:  (US, Ireland, Scotland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
▸ noun:  (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
▸ noun:  (informal, synecdochically) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
▸ noun:  (by extension, slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
▸ noun:  (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
▸ noun:  Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
▸ noun:  (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
▸ noun:  (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
▸ noun:  (architecture, obsolete) A cyma reversa.
▸ noun:  (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
▸ noun:  (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
▸ noun:  The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
▸ noun:  In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
▸ noun:  (nautical) The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
▸ verb:  To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
▸ verb:  To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
▸ verb:  To kick with the heel.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
▸ verb:  (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
▸ verb:  (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
▸ verb:  (US, intransitive) At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
▸ verb:  (chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.
▸ noun:  (nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
▸ noun:  A part of Maasgouw in the Netherlands
▸ verb:  (rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”). [(rare, now chiefly dialectal or archaic) To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).]

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