Meaning of foot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. foot (a part of the body)
3. 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.
4. Enchanted or fascinated by another.
5. English or American foot (a unit of length equal to 30.48 cm)
6. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
7. A favorable initial impression: He always has his best foot forward when speaking to his constituents. Put your best foot forward during an employment interview.
8. pie, a Spanish foot (a former unit of length equivalent to about 27.9 cm)
9. Travel by walking.
   attributive, often
10. An underlying weakness or fault: "They discovered to their vast discomfiture that their idol had feet of clay, after placing him upon a pedestal" (James Joyce).
11. foot (a part of a poetic line)
12. The base or bottom of anything.
13. To start a new activity or job.
14. foot, base
15. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
16. To be on the verge of death, as from illness or severe trauma.
17. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
18. To be sensible and practical about one's situation.
19. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
20. In an auspicious manner: The project started off on the right foot but soon ran into difficulties.
21. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
22. In an inauspicious manner: The project started off on the wrong foot.
23. Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
24. A unit of length equal to 1/3 of a yard or 12 inches (about 30.5 centimeters). See Table at measurement.
25. Ellipsis of cubic foot, a unit of volume.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
26. The lowest or supporting part or structure:base, basis, bed, bottom, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork, seat, substratum, underpinning (often used in plural).
27. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
28. Foot soldiers; infantry.
    collective
29. The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
30. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
31. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
32. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
33. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
34. 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.
35. The bottom edge of a sail.
36. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
37. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
38. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
39. The globular lower domain of a protein.
40. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
41. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
42. Recognized condition; rank; footing.

Equivalents

Examples

“A spider has eight feet.”

“Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.”

“And when I ſawe him, I fell at his feete as dead : and hee laid his right hand vpon me, ſaying vnto mee, Feare not, *I am the firſt,and the laſt.”

“We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.”

“There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.”

“I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.”

“We came and stood at the foot of the bed.”

“The host should sit at the foot of the table.”

“The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.”

“The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.”

“My sis's just over six foot two.”

“No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.”

“No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.”

“King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.”

“His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.”

“He removes a gold lighter from his pocket, flips it open, and waves the flame over the foot, taking short, sucking pulls off the head till it’s lit.”

“To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.”

“(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.”

“To conſider the vvhole of the Subject, to read and think on all ſides, to object plainly, and anſvver directly, upon the foot of dry Reaſon and Argument, vvou'd be a very tedious and troubleſome Affair.”

“May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann As to his being on the foot of a servant.”

“Michael Foot (1913–2010) was a British politician.”

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