foot meaning
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[fʊt] [fʷʊt] [-ʊt] 
US UK WFoot
- The foot (plural feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion.
FR foot 
- NounPLfeet
- NC 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. transl.
- A spider has eight feet.
- NC (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. transl.
- Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
- NU (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
- We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
- There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
- NC The base or bottom of anything. transl.
- I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
- NC The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
- NC The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. coord.
- The host should sit at the foot of the table.
- NC A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. transl.
- The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
- NC A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. usage coord.
- ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
- (military, plural only) Foot soldiers; infantry. coord.
- King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
- NC (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- NC (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- NC (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. coord.
- NC (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. transl.
- NC (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.
- NC (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail. coord. transl.
- To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
- NC (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- NC (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- NC (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- NC (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. coord.
- NC (geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan. (never used in the plural).
- Recognized condition; rank; footing. (never used in the plural).
- NC 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. transl.
- VerbSGfootsPRfootingPT, PPfooted
- VT To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- VT To pay (a bill).
- To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- To walk.
- To tread.
- to foot the green
- OBS To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
- To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
- to foot (or foot up) an account
- VT To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The hands and feet were small, the proximal phalanges broad and the nails small and dyschromic.
- How much of our current agricultural policy can we lay at the feet of the Iowa caucuses?
- My restless sock feet stopped midtap, on the very floor those gentlemen trod in their calfskin shoes and spats.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The 11 girls [ … ] are all trained dancers in real life who, for the purposes of "Billy Elliot," must untrain themselves for each performance and dance with two very left feet.
- I opened the cupboard and a can fell out on to my foot.
- During these tricks, skiers rotate over the towrope with both feet.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of foot in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Nouns with irregular plurals
- Countable nouns
- Pluralia tantum
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Nouns with irregular plurals
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "foot" is a noun, more specifically, a nouns with irregular plural, a countable noun, a pluralia tantum and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.