Foot - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |fʊt|  American pronunciation of the word foot
Brit.  |fʊt|  British pronunciation of the word foot

noun

- the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
armored from head to foot
- a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
- 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
- the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- lowest support of a structure (syn: base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure)
he stood at the foot of the tower
- any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
- travel by walking
he followed on foot
the swiftest of foot
- a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot (syn: infantry)
there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
- (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- a support resembling a pedal extremity
one foot of the chair was on the carpet

verb

- pay for something (syn: pick)
foot the bill
- walk (syn: hoof)
- add a column of numbers

Extra examples

He was wearing boots on his feet.

Tracks made by the feet of a bird

The people in the crowd began to stamp their feet.

They camped at the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of the stairs

The foot of the table

...I'll foot the bill for dinner....

The dog lay at her feet.

They came on foot.

I was not aware of your presence. Your foot is so light.

At the close of the reign of Charles the Second, most of his foot were musketeers.

My foot hurts.

I had blisters on the soles of my feet.

I dropped a glass earlier, so don't walk around in bare feet.

The vet examined the horse's hind feet.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: foot
he/she/it: foots
present participle: footing
past tense: footed
past participle: footed
noun
singular: foot
plural: feet
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