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foot meaning and definition

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FOOT noun

Definition of foot (noun)

  1. the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
    • "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
    • synonyms: human foot, pes
  2. a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
    • "he is six feet tall"
    • synonyms: ft
  3. the lower part of anything
    • "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
    • antonym: head
  4. the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
  5. lowest support of a structure
  6. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
  7. travel by walking
    • "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
  8. a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
  9. an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
    • "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
    • synonyms: infantry
  10. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
  11. a support resembling a pedal extremity
    • "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"

FOOT verb

Definition of foot (verb)

  1. pay for something
    • "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
    • synonyms: pick
  2. walk
  3. add a column of numbers
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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