Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word FOOT

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Definitions of FOOT

1. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
2. The base or bottom of anything.
3. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
4. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
5. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
6. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
7. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
8. Recognized condition; rank; footing.
9. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
10. To walk.
11. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
12. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
13. (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
14. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
15. (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
16. (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
17. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
18. (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
19. (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
20. (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
21. (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
22. (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
23. (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
24. (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
25. (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
26. (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
27. (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
28. (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
29. (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
30. (transitive) To pay (a bill).
31. (now, rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
32. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
33. A surname.

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Examples of Using FOOT in a Sentence

• Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies enabling more convenient and faster transport, predominantly by air and water, but also by land as well.
• Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit.
• The old city of Aarau is situated on a rocky outcrop at a narrowing of the Aare river valley, at the southern foot of the Jura mountains.
• He played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts, passing abilities from midfield, ferocious long-range shooting from both left and right foot, fitness, and stamina.
• Many remote areas that not connected to the country's road network, especially in the eastern part of the country outside of the major cities and towns, can only be reached by light aircraft, boat (via river) or on foot.
• Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot.
• Diaeresis (prosody), pronunciation of vowels in a diphthong separately, or the division made in a line of poetry when the end of a foot coincides with the end of a word.
• In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws and/or nails.
• The book features many low-budget obscurities and exploitation films such as Rat Pfink a Boo Boo, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, and the apparently lost Him.
• The wide sandy beach, one section of which is designated for use by naturists, runs for approximately 18 kilometres to Scheveningen and for most of this distance is backed by extensive sand dunes through which there are foot and cycle paths.
• Hexameter is a metrical line of verses consisting of six feet (a "foot" here is the pulse, or major accent, of words in an English line of poetry; in Greek as well as in Latin a "foot" is not an accent, but describes various combinations of syllables).
• A kick is a physical strike using the leg, in unison usually with an area of the knee or lower using the foot, heel, tibia (shin), ball of the foot, blade of the foot, toes or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike).
• ' Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire.
• A passionate orator, and associated with the left wing of the Labour Party for most of his career, Foot was an ardent supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and of British withdrawal from the European Economic Community (EEC).
• After the party under Michael Foot suffered a landslide defeat to Margaret Thatcher in the 1983 election, Kinnock was elected Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition.
• The capital, Port Moresby, is not linked by road to any of the other major towns and many highland villages can only be reached by light aircraft or on foot.
• An animal or machine that usually maintains a four-legged posture and moves using all four legs is said to be a quadruped (from Latin quattuor for "four", and pes, pedis for "foot").
• There are no roads going into the cirque of Mafate; thus transportation there has to take place by foot or helicopter.
• Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move rapidly on foot.
• Though the human foot can adapt to varied terrains and climate conditions, it is vulnerable, and shoes provide protection.

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