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foot meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of foot at MeaningMonkey.org. foot meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.FOOT noun
Definition of foot (noun)
- 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
- a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
- "he is six feet tall"
- synonyms: ft
- 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
- the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- synonyms: animal foot
- lowest support of a structure
- "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
- synonyms: base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
- any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
- synonyms: invertebrate foot
- travel by walking
- "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
- a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
- "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
- synonyms: infantry
- (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- synonyms: metrical foot, metrical unit
- a support resembling a pedal extremity
- "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
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Definition of foot (verb)
Source: Princeton University Wordnet