Definition of foot in English English dictionary
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres
Most people are less than six feet tall.
- A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it
The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
- To parse into metrical feet
- Foot soldiers; infantry
King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
- The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked
- Travel by walking
There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
- The bottom edge of a sail
To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
- Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking
Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
- 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
- A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg
A spider has eight feet.
- To use the foot to kick (usually a ball)
- In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant
b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
- The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward
- To pay (a bill)
- The basic measure of rhythm in a poem
- The globular lower domain of a protein
- The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect
- The bottommost part of a typed or printed page
- The base or bottom of anything
I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
- The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface
- The end of a rectangular table opposite the head
The host should sit at the foot of the table.
- The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest
We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
- The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting
- {i} body part located at the end of the leg; unit of length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 cm; bottom or lowest part of something (i.e. stairs, a table, a hill, a page, etc.); end of a bed where a person rests his/her feet; part of a sock or stocking covering a person's foot
- {v} to dance, walk, tread, spurn, settle
- {n} that on which a thing stands, a step, measure of 12 inches, a measure in poetry, infantry
- emphasis If you say that someone sets foot in a place, you mean that they enter it or reach it, and you are emphasizing the significance of their action. If you say that someone never sets foot in a place, you are emphasizing that they never go there. the day the first man set foot on the moon A little later I left that place and never set foot in Texas again
- lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
- any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
- In poetry, the unit for measuring meter
- travel by foot; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
- See Manus, and Pes
- To kick with the foot; to spurn
- the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves
- If you say that someone or something is on their feet again after an illness or difficult period, you mean that they have recovered and are back to normal. He said they all needed to work together to put the country on its feet again
- walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"
- Another name for Bass Drum (the largest drum in the Drum Kit which puts out bass frequencies and is played with a foot pedal)
- If you get cold feet about something, you become nervous or frightened about it because you think it will fail. The Government is getting cold feet about the reforms
- If someone puts their foot down, they use their authority in order to stop something happening. He had planned to go skiing on his own in March but his wife had decided to put her foot down
- 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
- pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
- To renew the foot of, as of a stocking
- The lower edge of a sail
- any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
- [in Measure] in England the length of 12 inches, in Spain the same, at Paris, 12 4-5ths, at Amsterdam 11 3-4ths, at Copenhagen 11 3-5ths, the same at Bremen, at Cologne 11 2-5ths, at Dantzick 11 3-10ths, at Venice 13 9-10ths
- If you put your feet up, you relax or have a rest, especially by sitting or lying with your feet supported off the ground. After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect. = rest
- a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches and one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres
- The foot of a bed is the end nearest to the feet of the person lying in it. Friends stood at the foot of the bed, looking at her with serious faces. head
- The bottom of anything; as, the foot of the stairs, the foot of a printed page
- the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
- If someone puts their foot down when they are driving, they drive as fast as they can. I asked the driver to put his foot down for Nagchukha
- Bottom edge of sail
- To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip
- If you are on your feet, you are standing up. Everyone was on their feet applauding wildly
- The bottom edge of a sail from Tack to Clew
- A unit of length in the British system of measurement, equal to 0 3048 metre (exactly)
- Is the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables, which make up the metric unit of a line The most commonly used feet are as follows: ANAPESTIC, DACTYLIC, IAMBIC, and TROCHAIC
- Imperial unit of linear measure: 1/3 of a yard, 12 inches
- A unit used in poetry composed of syllables in some pattern of unaccented and accented syllables There are five most commonly used sets: iambic (iamb), trochaic (trochee), anapestic (anapest), dactylic (dactyl), and spondaic (spondee)
- The base of a pot
- The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk
- add a column of numbers walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
- measure of length used in the United States for medium size objects and distances -- "The ' and " symbols are common and mean foot and inch " (235)
- a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- approval If you say that someone has their feet on the ground, you approve of the fact that they have a sensible and practical attitude towards life, and do not have unrealistic ideas. In that respect he needs to keep his feet on the ground and not get carried away Kevin was always level-headed with both feet on the ground
- If you say that someone is finding their feet in a new situation, you mean that they are starting to feel confident and to deal with things successfully. I don't know anyone in England but I am sure I will manage when I find my feet
- The foot (international) is exactly 0 3048 meter
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan; used only in the singular
- foot and mouth
- foot-and-mouth disease
- foot brake
- The pedal in a motor car which operates the brakes when depressed by the foot
- foot brakes
- plural form of foot brake
- foot candle
- a measure of illuminance (or light intensity) on a surface equal to one lumen per square foot
- foot fault
- A fault where the server's foot is placed within the court or on the wrong half of the baseline, prior to the ball being hit, resulting in a foul serve
- foot faults
- plural form of foot fault
- foot feed
- The accelerator or gas pedal, so called when the throttle control was moved from the column to the floor
- foot feeds
- plural form of foot feed
- foot job
- A sexual act where the genitalia are stimulated by someone's feet
Rick continued small talk about motorcycles with Louise. Louise appeared thoroughly engrossed in Rick's discussion of the new Harley Davidson series, while Viv gave her husband a tender foot job under the table. Rick's lids dropped slowly once as he spoke, indicating his pleasure to Viv, but Louise either didn't notice or paid it no mind.
- foot jobs
- plural form of foot job
- foot kiss
- A kiss on the foot
Some lovers enjoy giving and/or receiving foot kisses.
- foot kiss
- A reverential kiss on the footwear of the pope or an extremely revered (notably ruling) prince
A foot kiss leaves no shread of doubt about the utterly unequal protocollary pecking order.
- foot lifter
- A small object placed under another, vertical object to lift it temporarily
- foot lifters
- plural form of foot lifter
- foot passenger
- A passenger on a ferry who does not have a car, or any other form of transport with them
- foot rot
- A disease of plants, affecting the stalk or the trunk
- foot rot
- athlete's foot
- foot rot
- A common infection of the hoof of animals such as cattle, sheep and goat
- foot soldier
- A soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman
- foot soldiers
- plural form of foot soldier
- foot sweep
- Any of several moves used to trip an opponent by forcefully moving one's legs horizontally at the feet or ankles of one's opponent
- foot sweeps
- plural form of foot sweep
- foot trap
- The use of the bottom of the foot to control a rolling or low bouncing ball
- foot traps
- plural form of foot trap
- foot-and-mouth disease
- A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves
So Joe starts telling the citizen about the foot and mouth disease and the cattle traders and taking action in the matter and the citizen sending them all to the rightabout and Bloom coming out with his sheepdip for the scab and a hoose drench for coughing calves and the guaranteed remedy for timber tongue.
- foot-dragging
- The deliberate delaying of obligatory action
- foot-in-mouth disease
- A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate
Maybe you suffer from foot-in-mouth disease, too, at least occasionally. If so, then I expect you've also learned about the remedy.
- foot-pound
- A unit of work done, or energy expended, when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot
- foot-pound-second
- Of or relating to a measurement system that uses the foot as a measure of distance, the pound as a measure of force, and the second as a measure of time. Abbreviations: ft-lb-s, fps, f.p.s
- foot-pound-second
- A unit of mechanical power, equal to that required to raise one pound through a distance of one foot in one second
- foot-poundal
- A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot
- foot-tapping
- Having an insistent rhythm; catchy
- foot-tapping
- A rhythmic tapping of the foot, especially in time to music
- foot-note
- a note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column
- foot drop
- (Tıp, İlaç) An extended position of the foot caused by paralysis of the flexor muscles of the leg —called also drop foot
- foot job
- A foot job is much like a handjob, but the foot is used to stimulate the penis in the same way. Mainly people with a foot fetish enjoy this sexual act/contact, although it may be part of general lovemaking as foreplay or mutual masturbation. Some men and women enjoy having their feet touched
- foot rot
- A disease of plants in which the stem or trunk rots at its base
- foot rot
- A degenerative bacterial infection of the feet in certain hoofed animals, especially cattle or sheep, often resulting in loss of the hoof
- foot switch
- A mechanical foot pedal for stopping and starting a tape recorder without the use of hands
- foot and mouth disease
- a serious disease that kills cows and sheep
- foot and mouth disease
- {i} contagious viral disease of cattle and other cloven-footed animals marked by vesicular eruptions around the hoofs and mouth
- foot binding
- Chinese cultural practice in which a young girl's toes were curled under the feet and tightly bound with linen in order to prevent the feet from growing too large (outlawed in 1911)
- foot brake
- brake that is operated by the foot
- foot brake
- A brake operated by pressure of the foot on a pedal, as in an automobile
- foot brake
- hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal
- foot candle
- The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot
- foot care
- Taking special care of your feet to avoid sores and cuts You should check your feet every day, dont forget your toes! Make sure your socks and shoes fit right People with diabetes have to take special care of their feet because cuts and sores can heal slowly and become bigger problems
- foot care
- Taking special steps to avoid foot problems such as sores, cuts, bunions, and calluses Good care includes daily examination of the feet, toes, and toenails and choosing shoes and socks or stockings that fit well People with diabetes have to take special care of their feet because nerve damage and reduced blood flow sometimes mean they will have less feeling in their feet than normal They may not notice cuts and other problems as soon as they should
- foot cream
- medicinal ointment for the feet
- foot dragging
- intentional stalling or delaying, act of intentionally moving or working slowly
- foot drill
- military exercise
- foot fault
- A fault against the server, as in tennis, called for failure to keep both feet behind the base line. a mistake in tennis when the person who serves is not standing behind the line
- foot guards
- Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards
- foot in the door
- method used by sales people to prevent a person from shutting a door in their face; try and get involved in something desirable
- foot locker
- a large strong box that you keep your things in, used especially by soldiers
- foot of a mountain
- bottom of a hill or mountain
- foot pound
- A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot
- foot poundal
- A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal
- foot print
- The amount of physical space a component will take up
- foot print
- The area of space taken up by the water heater
- foot pump
- pump that is operated by foot
- foot rot
- contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep) plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base
- foot rule
- a ruler one foot long
- foot soldier
- fights on foot with small arms
- foot soldier
- an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
- foot soldier
- The foot soldiers of a particular organization are people who seem unimportant and who do not have a high position but who do a large amount of very important and often very boring work
- foot soldier
- infantryman, soldier who fights ground battles
- foot support
- orthopedic device which provides support for the foot
- foot switch
- A switch placed on the floor and pressed by a musician to do various functions
- foot switch
- A switch that may turn on and off something or trigger something using the foot to actuate it
- foot ton
- A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot
- foot traffic
- people coming and going on foot
- foot valve
- such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump
- foot valve
- A special type of check valve located at the bottom end of the suction pipe on a pump This valve opens when the pump operates to allow water to enter the suction pipe but closes when the pump shuts off to prevent water from flowing out of the suction pipe
- foot valve
- A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp
- foot valve
- Installs on end of pump suction pipe to prevent water from draining back to source Includes strainer to minimize suction of debris into pump
- foot valve
- A check valve placed in the water source below a surface pump It prevents water from flowing back down the pipe and "losing prime" See check valve and priming
- foot valve
- A valve attached to the bottom of the suction leg of a pump, to prevent water draining from the pipe when the pump is turned off Essential is pumps do not have a permanently flooded suction and are not self priming See non return valve
- foot work
- moving from place to place, work involving walking; movements made by the feet (in boxing, tennis, etc.)
- foot-and-mouth disease
- acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
- foot-and-mouth disease
- Foot-and-mouth disease or foot-and-mouth is a serious and highly infectious disease that affects cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats. or hoof-and-mouth disease Highly contagious viral disease of cloven-footed mammals (including cattle), spread by ingestion and inhalation. The afflicted animal develops fever and painful blisters on the tongue, lips, other tissues of the mouth, muzzle or snout, teats, and feet. FMD is endemic in many places, and because of its rapid spread and impact on animal productivity, it is considered the most economically devastating livestock disease in the world. It is not a human health hazard. No effective treatment exists; vaccines control epidemics but have not eliminated them. Since the virus can persist, quarantine, slaughter, cremation or burial of carcasses, and decontamination must be rigorous. Strict surveillance has kept North America largely FMD-free since 1929. In early 2001 a major outbreak occurred in the United Kingdom, followed shortly by outbreaks in The Netherlands and France
- foot-dragging
- disapproval Foot-dragging is the action of deliberately slowing down a plan or process. Their bargaining position with America was weakened by their foot-dragging over the Gulf. when someone is deliberately being slow to do something drag your feet
- foot-lambert
- a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot
- foot-loose
- free to travel or move about, unconstrained by responsibilities, having no ties
- foot-pound
- a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot
- foot-pound
- The amount of work, in the English system, required to raise a one pound weight a distance of one foot
- foot-pound
- Energy required to raise a one-pound weight against the force of gravity the distance of one foot A measure of torque Inch-pound is also commonly used on smaller motors An inch-pound represents the energy needed to lift one pound one inch; an inch-ounce represents the energy needed to lift one ounce one inch
- foot-pound
- A unit of energy equal to 1 356joules
- foot-pound
- A unit of torque corresponding to a force of one pound acting on a one foot level arm
- foot-pound
- A measurement of work or energy One foot-pound (ft-lb) is equal to the work done when a constant force of one pound is exerted on a body which moves a distance of one foot in the direction of the force
- foot-pound
- A unit of energy equal to 1 356 joules
- foot-pound
- Work Required to Lift 1 Pound 1 Foot
- foot-poundal
- a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
- foot-slogger
- one who advances slowly; one who marches or tramps through mud
- foot-ton
- 2240 foot-pounds
- four foot
- the space between the rails on a standard gauge railway line
The car came to rest with its front wheels in the four foot of the nearest railway line, the down Leeds line.
- four-foot
- Alternative spelling of four foot
- fossorial foot
- foot adapted for digging as in moles
- Hong Kong foot
- athlete's foot
- Hong Kong foot
- The chek unit of measure
- acre-foot
- An acre times a foot, about 1233.5 kiloliters
- back foot shots
- plural form of back foot shot
- board foot
- A board one square foot by one inch, about 2.36 liters
- board-foot
- A unit of cubic measure for timber, equal to one foot square by one inch thick
- by foot
- walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal
- cubic foot
- A measure of volume or capacity equivalent to that of a cube having unit dimension of one foot; equals 28.32 litres
- footing
- A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold
As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- footing
- A relative condition; state
Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- footing
- A tread; step; especially, measured tread
Hark, I hear the footing of a man. Shakespeare.
- footing
- A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail
A man must doe as some wilde beasts, which at the entrance of their caves, will have no manner of footing seene.
- footless
- Without feet
The snake is a footless creature.
- front foot
- The batsman's foot farthest from his wicket
- get off on the wrong foot
- Alternative form of start off on the wrong foot
- get one's foot in the door
- To initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job
But despite his academic credentials, Julian had to fight just to get his foot in the door at most laboratories.
- goofy-foot
- a surfer (often left-handed) who surfs with the right foot forward
- hand and foot
- A card game, similar to canasta, using two packs of cards
- kick with the other foot
- To belong to a different religion
They would have married in a church but he kicks with the other foot.
- metrical foot
- The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse
- not touch something with a ten foot pole
- To be unable (perhaps figuratively) to approach something or someone
the stock's gone up from nothin' out o' sight. You couldn't tech that stock with a ten-foot pole!.
- not touch something with a ten foot pole
- To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion
Serious actors of the world wouldn't touch the part with a ten-foot pole.
- off the back foot
- from a defensive position
- on foot
- Walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal
The pub's not far, let's go on foot.
- on the back foot
- In a defensive posture; off-balance
- one foot
- A trick with one foot free from the bindings, instead it is placed beside the rear binding and boned far away from the board during airtime
Dude, doing one foots is suicidal.
- polt-foot
- Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet
- put a foot wrong
- To make a mistake
- put one's foot down
- To make a car go faster, accelerate
- put one's foot in one's mouth
- To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong
I really put my foot in my mouth during the interview.
- set foot
- To step onto
After the boat capsized, I thought that I would never set foot on dry land again.
- shoot oneself in the foot
- To act against one's own interests; to unintentionally behave self-destructively
- six foot
- the area between the closest rails of two parallel standard gauge railway lines, regardless of the actual distance
As a result, all three wheelsets derails to the six foot side.
- step foot
- Alternative form of set foot
- stocking-foot
- The part of socks, stockings, hosiery, or other flexible footwear that surrounds the foot
I gave her a shilling. She put it into an old stocking-foot which she took out of her pocket, and having tied it round and returned it, she told me to hold out my hand. I did. She arched her face to the palm, and pored over it without touching it.
- the boot is on the other foot
- Alternative form of the shoe is on the other foot
- the shoe is on the other foot
- The roles of people in a situation have been reversed, such that the advantage has shifted to a party which was previously disadvantaged
Some of the birds on this ship took me for a sucker and tried to make a rummy out of me but I was wise to their game and I guess the shoe is on the other foot this time.
- trench foot
- A medical condition which can affect the feet when they are constantly cold and wet. Similar to, but not the same as frostbite
- wait on hand and foot
- To attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess
Did you see how she waits on him hand and foot? It's not healthy.
- wait on someone hand, foot, and finger
- Alternative form of wait on hand and foot
- feet
- {n} of foot
- footed
- {a} shaped in the foor, danced, walked, trod
- footing
- {n} foundation, dance, tread, road, entrance, settlement, lace
- Feet
- dogs
- Feet
- fete
- The foot
- podium
- feet
- More than one foot A foot is a unit of measurement used primarily in the United States 1 foot equals 30 48 centimeters
- feet
- Fact; performance
- feet
- Terminal part of the leg
- feet
- irregular plural of foot
- feet
- A horse's hooves must be able to withstand a great deal of pressure At full speed, a 1,000-pound (500kg) Thoroughbred will place the equivalent of 100 times the force of gravity on each hoof with every stride, so it is essential that the foot be shaped properly to withstand this concussion and to dissipate the shock of impact Consider the proportion, substance and size of the hoof The underside of the hoof should have a round, slightly oval shape, with some depth Look for balanced feet on both sides, or symmetry Avoid misshapen, dished or cracked feet - these issues will lead to a higher farrier bill
- feet
- The point of Middle Eastern dance is not to move the body through space in patterns, but rather to embody the music A solo dancer generally covers less space, although folkloric and group dancers may move about the room with quick and delicate steps