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What's The Definition Of Foot?
[n] travel by foot; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
[n] any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates [n] a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being [n] a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet" [n] lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [n] the foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" [n] a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm [n] an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" [n] 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" [n] a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall" [v] walk (informal); "let's hoof it to the disco" [v] pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages" Synonyms | Synonyms for Foot: animal foot | base | foundation | ft | fundament | groundwork | hoof | hoof it | human foot | infantry | invertebrate foot | leg it | metrical foot | metrical unit | pes | pick | substructure | understructure Related Terms | Find terms related to Foot: accent | accentuation | add | Alexandrine | amble | ambulate | amphibrach | amphimacer | anacrusis | anapest | ankle | antispast | arch | arsis | bacchius | ball the jack | barge | barrel | base | baseboard | basement | beat | boltrope | boom | bowl along | breeze | breeze along | brush | bundle | cadence | caesura | canvas | cast | catalexis | chassis | chloriamb | chloriambus | circumambulate | clew | clip | clog | cloth | clubfoot | clump | colon | counterpoint | cretic | cringle | crowd of sail | cut along | dactyl | dactylic hexameter | dado | dance | diaeresis | digit | dimeter | dipody | dochmiac | dog | drag | drift | earing | elegiac | elegiac couplet | elegiac pentameter | emphasis | epitrite | extremity | feminine caesura | fetlock | figure | fleet | flit | float | flounce | fly | fly low | foot it | footing | footslog | fore-and-aft sail | forefoot | forepaw | foundation | fox-trot | frame | gather way | ghost | glide | go fast | halt | harefoot | head | heel | heptameter | heptapody | heroic couplet | hexameter | hexapody | highball | hippety-hop | hitch | hobble | hoof | hoof it | hop | iamb | iambic | iambic pentameter | ictus | instep | ionic | jaywalk | jingle | jog | jog on | jolt | jump | keel | leech | leg | leg it | lilt | limp | luff | lumber | lunge | lurch | make headway | make knots | make sternway | make way | masculine caesura | measure | meter | metrical accent | metrical foot | metrical group | metrical unit | metron | mince | molossus | mopboard | mora | movement | muslin | nadir | nip | numbers | outstrip the wind | pace | pad | paddle | paeon | pastern | patte | paw | pedal extremity | pedes | pedestrianize | peg | pentameter | pentapody | perambulate | period | peripateticate | pes | piaffe | piaffer | pied | plain sail | plod | plow the deep | pour it on | prance | press of sail | proceleusmatic | pug | pyrrhic | quantity | rack | rag | reduced sail | reef point | reefed sail | rhythm | ride | ride the sea | rip | roll | run | sail | sashay | saunter | scorch | scud | scuff | scuffle | scuttle | shake | shamble | shimmy | shoemold | shoot | shuffle | shuffle along | sidle | single-foot | sizzle | skim | skip | slink | slip | slither | slog | slouch | sole | speed | splayfoot | spondee | sprung rhythm | square sail | stagger | stalk | stamp | step | stomp | storm along | straddle | straggle | stress | stride | stroll | strut | stump | stump it | sum | summate | swagger | sweep | swing | syzygy | tap-dance | tear | tear along | tetrameter | tetrapody | tetraseme | thesis | thunder along | tittup | toddle | toe | tootsy | tot | total | tote | totter | traipse | tread | tribrach | trimeter | trip | tripody | triseme | trochee | trotter | trudge | ungula | waddle | wainscot | walk | walk the waters | waltz | wamble | whisk | whiz | wiggle | wobble | zing | zip | zoom See Also | amphibrach | anapaest | anapest | arcuate artery | army unit | arteria arcuata | arteria digitalis | arteria metatarsea | beat | bed | big toe | bird's foot | bottom | cadence | calcaneus | chain | construction | dactyl | dibrach | digital arteries | flatfoot | forefoot | fossorial foot | great toe | hallux | heel | heelbone | hindfoot | homo | hoof | human | human being | iamb | iambus | in | inch | instep | intercapitular vein | invertebrate | leg | leg | linear unit | little toe | man | measure | metatarsal artery | metatarsal vein | meter | organ | os tarsi fibulare | pace | paratroops | paw | pay | pedal extremity | pedal extremity | pes planus | pyrrhic | raft foundation | sole | splayfoot | spondee | structure | support | toe | trochee | trotter | tube foot | vena intercapitalis | vena metatarsus | vertebrate foot | vertebrate foot | walk | walk | webfoot | yard Foot In Webster's Dictionary \Foot\ (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot,
pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG.
fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth.
f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step,
pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way.
[root]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient},
{Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess,
{Pedal}.]
1. (Anat.) 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}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as,
the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
4. 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.
And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their
feet. --Milton.
5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the
singular.
Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
--Berkeley.
6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the
singular. [R.]
As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole.
7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third
of a yard. See {Yard}.
Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of
a man's foot. It differs in length in different
countries. In the United States and in England it is
304.8 millimeters.
8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry,
usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the
cavalry. ``Both horse and foot.'' --Milton.
9. (Pros.) 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.
10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail.
Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or
pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or
lower part. It is also much used as the first of
compounds.
{Foot artillery}. (Mil.)
(a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot.
(b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow.
{Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.
{Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery.
{Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight.
{Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton.
{Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or
boots.
{Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a
treadle.
{Foot iron}.
(a) The step of a carriage.
(b) A fetter.
{Foot jaw}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Maxilliped}.
{Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal.
{Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any
proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance.
--Farrow.
{Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding;
a riding skirt. [Obs.]
{Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.]
{Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or
bridge.
{Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway;
a trottoir.
{Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden.
{Foot post}.
(a) A letter carrier who travels on foot.
(b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.
{Fot pound}, & {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and
{Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary.
{Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing
press, moved by a treadle.
{Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper.
{Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the
lower side.
{Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.
{Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long.
{Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and
serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an
uneven place.
{Foot secretion}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sclerobase}.
{Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot.
{Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed
against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
{Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot
coals for warming the feet.
{Foot tubercle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Parapodium}.
{Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air
pump from the condenser.
{Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by
a treadle.
{Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a
vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten.
{Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein.
{By foot}, or {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on
foot.
{Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}.
{Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema
epizo["o]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc.,
characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in
the mouth and about the hoofs.
{Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an
acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of
land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.;
also {Chirograph}. (b).
{Square foot}. See under {Square}.
{To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of
execution.
{To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. ``Keep thy
foot when thou goest to the house of God.'' --Eccl. v. 1.
{To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be
determined. [Colloq.]
{To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance;
to do one's best. [Colloq.]
{To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set
on foot a subscription.
{To} {put, or set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a
position to go on; to assist to start.
{Under foot}.
(a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample
under foot. --Gibbon.
(b) Below par. [Obs.] ``They would be forced to sell . .
. far under foot.'' --Bacon.
\Foot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Footed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Footing}.] 1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. --Dryden. 2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. --Shak. \Foot\, v. t. 1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. --Shak. 2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.] What confederacy have you with the traitors Late footed in the kingdom? --Shak. 3. To tread; as, to foot the green. --Tickell. 4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account. 5. The size or strike with the talon. [Poet.] --Shak. 6. To renew the foot of, as of stocking. --Shak. {To foot a bill}, to pay it. [Colloq.] -- {To foot it}, to walk; also, to dance. If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. --Dryden. |
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