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heel

The English word “heel” has 33 meanings listed here.

  1. The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
  2. The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
  3. The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
  4. The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
  5. A high-heeled shoe.
  6. The back, upper part of the stock.
  7. The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
  8. The last or lowest part of anything.
  9. A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
  10. The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
  11. A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate, or thoughtless person.
  12. A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
  13. The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
  14. Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
  15. The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
  16. The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
  17. A cyma reversa.
  18. The short side of an angled cut.
  19. The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
  20. The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead, as opposed to the toe (upper end).
  21. The part of a carding machine's flat nearest the cylinder.
  22. The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
  23. Material stored in a smelting furnace between batches
  24. To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
  25. To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).
  26. To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
  27. To kick with the heel.
  28. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
  29. To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
  30. To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
  31. At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
  32. To incline to one side; to tilt.
  33. The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
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