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Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
In Anatomy & Animal body parts:
Specifically, a human
foot
, which is found below the
ankle
and is used for
standing
and walking.
●
Travel by walking.
●
The
base
or
bottom
of anything.
●
The part of
a flat
surface
on which the
feet
customarily
rest.
●
The
end of
a
rectangular
table
opposite
the head.
●
A
short
foot-like
projection
on
the bottom
of an
object
to support it.
●
In Units of measure:
A
unit of measure
equal
to
twelve
inches
or
one third
of a
yard
,
equal
to
exactly
30.48 centimetres.
Ellipsis of
square foot
. A
unit
of area.
Ellipsis of
cubic foot
. A
unit
of volume.
●
In Music & Units of measure:
A
unit of measure
for
organ pipes
equal
to the
wavelength
of two
octaves
above
middle
C,
approximately
328 mm.
●
In Military:
Foot
soldiers
; infantry.
●
In Animal body parts:
The
end of
a
cigar
which is
lit
, and usually
cut
before lighting.
●
In Sewing:
The part of a
sewing machine
which
presses
downward
on the
fabric
, and may also
serve
to
move it
forward.
●
In Printing:
The
bottommost
part of a
typed
or
printed
page.
●
In Printing:
The
base
of a piece
of type,
forming
the
sides
of the groove.
●
In Prosody:
The
basic
measure
of
rhythm
in a poem.
●
In Phonology:
The
parsing
of
syllables
into
prosodic
constituent
s, which are used to
determine
the
placement
of
stress
in
languages
along with
the
notions
of
constituent
heads.
●
In Nautical:
The
bottom edge
of a sail.
●
In Billiards:
The
end of
a
billiard
or
pool table
behind the
foot
point where the
balls
are racked.
●
In Botany:
In a
bryophyte
, that
portion
of a
sporophyte
which
remains
embedded
within and
attached
to the
parent
gametophyte
plant.
●
In Malacology:
The
muscular
part of a
bivalve
mollusc
or a
gastropod
by which it
moves
or
holds
its
position
on a surface.
●
In Molecular biology:
The
globular
lower
domain
of a protein.
●
In Geometry:
The point of
intersection
of one
line
with another that is
perpendicular
to it.
●
Fundamental
principle
;
basis
; plan.
●
Recognized
condition
;
rank
; footing.
Verb
●
To use the
foot
to
kick
(usually a ball).
●
To
pay
(a bill).
●
To
tread
to
measure
of
music
; to
dance
; to
trip
; to skip.
●
To walk.
●
To
set foot
on; to
walk
on.
●
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.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Foot
Pes
Foote
Feets
Foots
Feet
Related
Leg
Toe
Knee
Ankle
Finger
Shin
Shoulder
Arm
Wrist
Elbow
Toes
Heel
Forearm
Legs
Head
Shoe
Neck
Hand
Ball
Chest
Thumb
Nose
Fingers
Limb
Seat
Inch
Tail
Ankles
Body
Spine
Knees
Hip
Thigh
Metres
Stump
Meters
Metre
Inches
Arms
Nail
Jaw
Eye
Meter
Bone
Waist
Centimeter
Back
Edge
Tongue
Trunk
Deck
Side
Hips
Ground
Joint
Kilometre
Face
Palm
Torso
Big Toe
Knee Cap
More
Rhymes
Put
Foot
Soot
Toot
Root
Afoot
'Sfoot
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