What is the meaning of foot?

noun

  • The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint.
    • usage: "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
  • A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
    • usage: "he is six feet tall"
    • synonyms: ft
  • The lower part of anything.
    • usage: "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
  • The pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings.
  • Lowest support of a structure.
    • usage: "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
  • Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates.
  • Travel by walking.
    • usage: "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.
    • usage: "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
  • Prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm.
  • A support resembling a pedal extremity.
    • usage: "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"

verb

  • Pay for something.
    • usage: "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
  • Walk.
    • usage: "let's hoof it to the disco"
  • Add a column of numbers.
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APAWordNet. (2010). foot. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/foot/definitions/1189832
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MLAWordNet. "foot" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/foot/definitions/1189832>
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