heel

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noun

Plural noun:

heels

1.
(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
2.
The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
3.
The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
4.
The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.
5.
(plural normally)(usually in the plural) A high-heeled shoe.
6.
(firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
7.
(music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
8.
The last or lowest part of anything.
the heel of a mast
the heel of a vessel
9.
(Australia, Ireland, Scotland, US)A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
10.
(US)The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
Đồng nghĩa: boot, butt
11.
(informal)(informal, synecdochic) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate, or thoughtless person.
12.
(broadly, slang)(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.

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verb

V_es/s

heels

V_ing/Gerund

heeling

V_ed/pp

heeled

1.
To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
She called to her dog to heel.
2.
To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).
3.
To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
4.
To kick with the heel.
she heeled her horse forward
5.
(transitive)To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
6.
(transitive)To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
7.
(transitive)(golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
8.
(transitive)(American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
9.
(US, intransitive)At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
10.
(chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.
11.
(alt of, alternative, especially, rare)(rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).
[I] of my own free will and accord, do hereby, here at and hereon, solemnly swear that I will always heel, conceal and never improperly reveal any of the secrets or mysteries of, or belonging to [the Masons].

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Đồng nghĩa

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Trái nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (heel, hock), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.