A Quick and Simple Dictionary

heel

1. Noun.  (anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
2. Noun.  The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
3. Noun.  On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
4. Noun.  The last or lowest part of anything; as, ''the heel of a mast'' or ''the heel of a vessel''.
5. Noun.  (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
6. Noun.  A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
7. Noun.  (nautical) The tilt of a ship to one side; also, angle of heel, the degree of such a tilt.
8. Verb.  To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
9. Verb.  To add a heel to, or increase the size of the hell (a shoe or boot).
10. Verb.  To kick with the heel.
11. Verb.  (intransitive) To incline to one side, to tilt (especially of ships).
12. Noun.  The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.