foot
- Proper noun. (surname, lang en) .
- Noun. (countable) 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. (jump, body part) .
- Noun. (countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. (jump, human body part) .
- Noun. (uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking. (jump, walking) .
- Noun. (countable) The base or bottom of anything. (jump, base) .
- Noun. (countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- Noun. (countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. (jump, end of a table) .
- Noun. (countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. (jump, support) .
- Noun. (countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. (jump, unit of length) .
- Noun. (military, pluralonly) Foot soldiers; infantry. (jump, infantry) .
- Noun. (countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- Noun. (countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- Noun. (countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. (jump, bottom of a page) .
- Noun. (countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. (jump, measure of rhythm) .
- Noun. (countable, 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. (countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail. (jump, bottom edge of a sail) .
- Noun. (countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- Noun. (countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- Noun. (countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- Noun. (countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. (jump, molecular domain) .
- Noun. (countable, geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
- Verb. (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- Verb. (transitive) To pay (a bill).
- Verb. (linguistics, transitive) To parse into metrical feet.
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.