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noun- 1.
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.
- 2.
(anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
- 3.
(attributive, often)(often used attributively) Travel by walking.
We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
- 4.
The base or bottom of anything.
I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
- 5.
The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
- 6.
The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
The host should sit at the foot of the table.
- 7.
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.
- 8.
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.
My sis's just over six foot two.
- 9.
(music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- 10.
(collective)(collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
- 11.
(cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- 12.
(sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- 2.
(transitive)To pay (a bill).
- 3.
To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,
- 4.
To walk.
- 5.
(archaic)(now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
- 6.
(obsolete)To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- 7.
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
- 8.
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
to foot (or foot up) an account
- 9.
(Ireland, transitive)To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.
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