noun
- The bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation.
- The back part of the human foot.
- Someone who is morally reprehensible.
- usage: "you dirty dog"
- synonyms: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound
- One of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread.
- The lower end of a ship's mast.
- Golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft. (
verb
- Tilt to one side.
- usage: "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard"
- synonyms: list
- Follow at the heels of a person.
- Perform with the heels.
- usage: "heel that dance"
- Strike with the heel of the club.
- usage: "heel a golf ball"
- Put a new heel on.
- usage: "heel shoes"
- synonyms: reheel
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