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| n. (body) | 1. foot, human foot, pes | 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" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ calcaneus, heelbone, os tarsi fibulare | the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel. |
| ~ arcuate artery, arteria arcuata | curved artery in the foot. |
| ~ arteria digitalis, digital arteries | arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes. |
| ~ arteria metatarsea, metatarsal artery | dorsal and plantar arteries to the metatarsal region of the foot. |
| ~ intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis | veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot. |
| ~ metatarsal vein, vena metatarsus | dorsal and plantar branches of veins serving the metatarsal region of the foot. |
| ~ leg | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
| ~ pedal extremity, vertebrate foot | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates. |
| ~ pes planus, splayfoot, flatfoot | a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out. |
| ~ instep | the arch of the foot. |
| ~ sole | the underside of the foot. |
| ~ toe | one of the digits of the foot. |
| ~ big toe, great toe, hallux | the first largest innermost toe. |
| ~ little toe | the fifth smallest outermost toe. |
| ~ heel | the back part of the human foot. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. foot, ft | a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.; "he is six feet tall" |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ in, inch | a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot. |
| ~ yard, pace | a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. |
| n. (location) | 3. foot | 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" |
| ~ bottom | the lowest part of anything.; "they started at the bottom of the hill" |
| n. (animal) | 4. animal foot, foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings. |
| ~ fossorial foot | foot adapted for digging as in moles. |
| ~ hoof | the foot of an ungulate mammal. |
| ~ bird's foot | the foot of a bird. |
| ~ webfoot | a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin. |
| ~ trotter | foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food. |
| ~ forefoot | a front foot of a quadruped. |
| ~ hindfoot | a rear foot of a quadruped. |
| ~ paw | a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped. |
| ~ pedal extremity, vertebrate foot | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure | lowest support of a structure.; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" |
| ~ bed | a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track.; "the track bed had washed away" |
| ~ raft foundation | a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ support | supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation.; "the statue stood on a marble support" |
| n. (animal) | 6. foot, invertebrate foot | any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates. |
| ~ invertebrate | any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification. |
| ~ tube foot | tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration. |
| ~ organ | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function. |
| n. (act) | 7. foot | travel by walking.; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot" |
| ~ walk | the act of walking somewhere.; "he took a walk after lunch" |
| n. (person) | 8. foot | a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger. |
| ~ intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government. |
| n. (group) | 9. foot, infantry | an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot.; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" |
| ~ army unit | a military unit that is part of an army. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ paratroops | infantry trained and equipped to parachute. |
| n. (communication) | 10. foot, metrical foot, metrical unit | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm. |
| ~ metrics, prosody | the study of poetic meter and the art of versification. |
| ~ cadence, metre, meter, measure, beat | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse. |
| ~ dactyl | a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables. |
| ~ iamb, iambus | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables. |
| ~ anapaest, anapest | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables. |
| ~ amphibrach | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember'). |
| ~ trochee | a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables. |
| ~ spondee | a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables. |
| ~ dibrach, pyrrhic | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables. |
| n. (artifact) | 11. foot | a support resembling a pedal extremity.; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet" |
| ~ leg | a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
| v. (possession) | 12. foot, pick | pay for something.; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| v. (motion) | 13. foot, hoof, hoof it, leg it | walk.; "let's hoof it to the disco" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (cognition) | 14. foot, foot up | add a column of numbers. |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ add together, add | make an addition by combining numbers.; "Add 27 and 49, please!" |
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