Meaning of football | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
   countable, uncountable
2. Soccer, football.
3. The ball used in any game called "football".
   countable
4. a small hill at the foot of a mountain. the foothills of the Alps. voorheuwel; uitloper تل على سَفْح الجَبَل предпланина sopé předhůří die Ausläufer (pl.) udløber; forland λοφίσκοςestribación eelmäestik دامنه کوه matala reunavuori contrefortגבעה छोटा पर्वत जो बड़े पर्वत के आधार में हो podnožje, obronci planine előhegy perbukitan lág hæð við fjallsrætur contrafforte 小丘 산기슭의 작은 언덕 prieškalnė priekškalne perbukitan uitloperås ved foten av et fjell podgórze د غره لمنه contraforte înălţime subalpi...
5. Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
   Africa, Caribbean, South-Asia, UK, uncountable
6. a place to put one's feet when climbing. to find footholds on the slippery rock. vastrapplek مَوْطئ قَدَم опора за крака apoio opora na nohu der Halt fodfæste πάτημα hueco para apoyar el pie jalaase جای پا jalansija prise pour le pied אֲחִיזַת רֶגֶל सुरक्षित स्थान, पैर टिकाने का स्थान uporište, oslonac talpalatnyi hely pijakan fótfesta appiglio, punto d'appoggio 足掛かり 발판 atrama kojoms atbalsts (kājai) tempat pijak steun voor de voet fotfeste oparcie dla nóg غونډۍ چه دغره په بېخ كې پرته وى apoi...
7. (in a theatre) a light which shines on the actors etc from the front of the stage. voetlig أضواء المَسْرَح прожектор luz da ribalta světlo rampy das Rampenlicht rampelys φως της ράμπας candilejas rambivalgus پا چراغ parrasvalo rampe אוֹרוֹת הַבִּימָה रोशनी जो मंच पर अभिनेताओं इत्यादि के सामने चमकती है rasvjeta na rubu pozornice rivaldafény lampu panggung ljósaröð fremst á leiksviði luce della ribalta フットライト 각광(脚光) rampos šviesa rampas ugunis lampu panggung voetlichtrampelys światło rampy دسټې...
   etc
8. American football: a game played on a field 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
   US, uncountable
9. a male servant wearing a uniform. The footman opened the door. huiskneg خادِم المَنْزِل слуга lacaio lokaj der Bediente tjener υπηρέτηςlacayo, criado lakei خدمتکار lakeija valet de pied מְשָרֵת वर्दीधारी सेवक lakaj, sluga inas pelayan þjónn lacchè, valletto 従僕 (제복 차림의 남자) 하인, 종복 liokajus livrejā tērpts sulainis pelayan livreiknecht lakei, herskapstjener lokaj نوكر، پلى عسكر، نغرى (داوسپنى lacaio valet, servitor лакей lokaj lakaj lakej betjänt, lakej คนรับใช้ชาย üniformalı uşak 男僕 лакей وردی پ...
10. Canadian football: a game played on a field 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
    Canada, uncountable
11. a footprint. He left dirty footmarks. voetspoor; voetmerk أثَر القَدَم отпечатък pegada šlépěj die Fußspur fodspor πατημασιάhuella, pisada jalajälg رد پا jalanjälki empreinte טְבִיעַת רֶגֶל पदचिह्न trag (otisak) stopala lábnyom jejak kaki fótspor impronta, orma 足跡 발자국 pėdsakas, pėdos atspaudas pēda; pēdas nospiedums jejak kaki voetspoorfotsporślad stopy د پښه ځای pegada urmă след šľapaj, stopa, odtlačok nohy stopinja otisak stopala fotspår รอยเท้า ayak izi 腳印 слід قدموں کے نشان vết chân; dấu ...
12. Australian rules football.
    Australia, New-South-Wales, South, Southern, Tasmania, Western, uncountable
13. a note at the bottom of a page. The footnotes referred to other chapters of the book. voetnota حاشِيَه، مُلاحَظَه في أسفَل الصَّفْحَه бележка в дъното на страница nota de rodapé poznámka pod čarou die Fußnote fodnote υποσημείωσηnota a pie de página allmärkus پاورقی alaviite note en bas de pageהערה पाद टिप्पणी fusnota lábjegyzet catatan kaki neðanmálsgrein nota a piè di pagina 脚注 각주 išnaša zemteksta piezīme nota kaki voetnootfotnoteprzypis لمن ليك، پاور قى، فټ نوټ nota de rodapé notă de subsol...
14. Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
    Ireland, uncountable
15. a path or way for walking, not for cars, bicycles etc. You can go by the footpath. voetpad طَريق ضَيِّق пътека passeio pěšina der Pfad gangsti μονοπάτιsendero, camino jalgtee پیاده راه polku sentier שְׁבִיל לְהוֹלכֵי רֶגֶל पैदल पथ nogostup, put za pješake gyalogút jalan setapak göngustígur sentiero pedonale 小道 보도 takas taka laluan jalan kaki voetpadgangstiścieżka دپليو لار (پياده رو ) راسته passeio potecă тропинка cestička, chodník pešpot staza gångstig ทางเดิน patika 人行道 пішохідна доріжка; т...
    etc
16. Any form of rugby.
    Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
17. the mark or impression of a foot. She followed his footprints through the snow. voetspore أثَر أقْدام отпечатък от стъпка pegada stopa die Fußstapfe fodspor πατημασιάhuella, pisada jalajälg رد پا jalanjälki empreinte טְבִיעַת רֶגֶל पदचिह्न trag (otisak) stopala lábnyom jejak fótspor impronta, orma 足跡 족적(足跡) pėdsakas, pėda pēda; pēdas nospiedums kesan tapak kaki voetspoorfotspor odcisk stopy پل د(دپښې)، دپشې نخش pegada urmă, pas след šľapaj, stopa, odtlačok nohy odtis noge otisak stopala fotsp...
18. rugby league.
    Australia, New-South-Wales, New-Zealand, uncountable
19. with painful feet from too much walking. He arrived, tired and footsore. voetseer مَتَقَرِّح القَدَمَيْن с болящи от вървене крака com os pés doloridos s bolavýma nohama fußkrank med ømme fødder ξεποδαριασμένος con los pies doloridos valutavate jalgadega دچار پا درد jalat väsyneinä qui a mal aux pieds שֶׁרַגלָיו כּוֹאָבוֹת पैरों के छाले ranjavih nogu fájós lábú melepuh sárfættur (coi piedi doloranti) くつずれのできた 발이 아픈 skaudančiomis kojomis ar noberztām kājām kaki melecur met zere voeten sårbeint...
20. rugby union.
    Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, uncountable
21. the sound of a foot. She heard his footsteps on the stairs. voetstap خُطْوَه، أثَر القَدَم стъпка passo zvuk kroku der Schritt fodtrin βήμαpaso, pisada samm صدای پا askel pas קוֹל הַצַעַד कदम jeka koraka lépés langkah fótatak passo 足音 발소리 žingsnis solis; soļu troksnis bunyi tapak kaki voetstapskritt, trinnkrok ګام، پل، قدم passo (zgomote de) paşi звук шагов zvuk kroku, kročaj korak zvuk koraka fotsteg เสียงฝีเท้า ayak sesi 腳步聲 крок چلتے وقت اٹھایا جانے والا یا رکھا جانے والا قدم tiếng bước ch...
22. Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
    uncountable
23. An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
    countable, figuratively
24. The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.
    US, countable, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football.”

“The player kicked the football.”

“The league said the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots used footballs that didn’t meet league specifications in the first half of the AFC championship game last Sunday.”

““The coroner and the pathologist described how badly damaged my dad’s brain was,” his daughter Dawn told CNN in 2019. “He found that there was considerable evidence of trauma to the brain which he said was similar to the brain of the boxer. And he said that the main candidate for the trauma was heading the footballs.”

“Each team scored three goals when they played football.”

““Our research has shown that heading is rare in youth football matches, so this guidance is a responsible development to our grassroots coaching without impacting the enjoyment that children of all ages take from playing the game.””

“Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.”

“According to Newsday, he took the ball to his team’s equipment staff, which then informed head coach Chuck Pagano, who told general manager Ryan Grigson, who told NFL director of football operations Mike Kensil, who told the officials on the field.”

“They played football in the snow.”

“The weekend after AFL football chief Simon Lethlean made it clear players who jumper punched or punched opponents in the stomach would most likely be suspended, Jones was charged with striking Hawthorn’s Luke Breust.”

“There's another game of football and there's a gold team and Mum and Dad are both on it!”

“Both teams played open, attacking football and in the first thirty minutes, the referee barely blew his whistle.”

“Sloppy football continued after the first break, as the more composed Brunswick controlled the play by relying on the throw-pass: forty times to Williamstown's twenty-eight.”

“That budget item became a political football.”

“The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade. He is responsible for the football (or “black box” or “black bag”), a briefcase containing the codes and targeting information the president would require to order or authorize a nuclear attack.”

“After the lunch broke, we walked to the Trump-Putin press conference, which started about 6 p.m. As Kelly observed to me at some point, there were now two military aides in the room, each carrying his country's nuclear football.”

“It came in the shape of the White House military office Marine Corps aide who got off the president’s helicopter with him in Davos holding the “football”, the black briefcase carrying the codes for launching the 900 nuclear weapons the US has on alert at all times. It is the constant antidote to any temptation to laugh at Trump’s rants or gaffes.”

CEFR level