Heel - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the back part of the human foot
- someone who is morally reprehensible (syn: blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, hound)
- one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
- the lower end of a ship's mast
- (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
verb
the wind made the vessel heel
- perform with the heels
Extra examples
Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.
The balloon heeled over
The back of my shoe is rubbing against my heel and giving me a blister.
She developed a blister on her heel where her shoe rubbed against it.
These shoes have extra padding in the heel.
I scuffed the heel of my shoe on the stonework.
He dropped a cigar butt and ground it into the carpet with his heel.
Brigitte glared at him, turned on her heel (=turned away suddenly because of anger), and stomped out of the room.
My shoes have worn down at the heel.
Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room.
...the pebble in the heel of his shoe was pretty well wedged...
Word forms
I/you/we/they: heel
he/she/it: heels
present participle: heeling
past tense: heeled
past participle: heeled
singular: heel
plural: heels
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