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foot

The English word “foot” has 32 meanings listed here.

  1. 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.
  2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
  3. Travel by walking.
  4. The base or bottom of anything.
  5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
  6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
  7. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
  8. Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area.
  9. Ellipsis of cubic foot, a unit of volume.
  10. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
  11. Foot soldiers; infantry.
  12. The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
  13. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  14. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
  15. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
  16. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
  17. 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.
  18. The bottom edge of a sail.
  19. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
  20. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
  21. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  22. The globular lower domain of a protein.
  23. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
  24. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  25. To pay (a bill).
  26. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
  27. To walk.
  28. To set foot on; to walk on.
  29. To set on foot; to establish; to land.
  30. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
  31. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
  32. To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.
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