Dictionary Entry
foot
foot is a 4-letter English word with 32 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 32 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus Pes.
- 2noun
The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.
- 3noun
That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
- 4noun
The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.
- 5noun
Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
- 6noun
Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.
- 7noun
A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.
- 8noun
Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
- 9noun
A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.
- 10noun
The lower edge of a sail.
- 11intransitive verb
To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- 12intransitive verb
To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.
- 13transitive verb
To kick with the foot; to spurn.
- 14transitive verb
To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- 15transitive verb
To tread; as, to foot the green.
- 16transitive verb
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
- 17transitive verb
The size or strike with the talon.
- 18transitive verb
To renew the foot of, as of stocking.
- 19noun
travel by walking
"he followed on foot"
"the swiftest of foot"
- 20noun
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- 21noun
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
- 22noun
a support resembling a pedal extremity
"one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
- 23noun
lowest support of a structure
"it was built on a base of solid rock"
"he stood at the foot of the tower"
- 24noun
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
- 25noun
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- 26noun
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
"there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
Synonyms
- 27noun
the lower part of anything
"curled up on the foot of the bed"
"the foot of the page"
- 28noun
a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
- 29noun
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
"he is six feet tall"
- 30verb
add a column of numbers
- 31verb
walk
"let's hoof it to the disco"
Synonyms
- 32verb
pay for something
"pick up the tab"
"pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"
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