foot
[fʊt̚] noun, verb, proper noun
Forms feet foots footing footed foote feets
- noun 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. “A spider has eight feet.”
- noun (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. “Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.”
- noun (often used attributively) Travel by walking. “We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.”
- noun The base or bottom of anything. “I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.”
- noun The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest. “We came and stood at the foot of the bed.”
- noun The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. “The host should sit at the foot of the table.”
- noun A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. “The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.”
- noun A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. “The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.”
- verb (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- verb (transitive) To pay (a bill).
- verb To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- verb To walk.
- verb (now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
- verb (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- verb To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
- verb To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up. “to foot (or foot up) an account”
- proper noun A surname. “Michael Foot (1913–2010) was a British politician.”
Synonyms
pes dog gripper human foot ft animal foot foundation base fundament groundwork substructure understructure invertebrate foot infantry metrical foot metrical unit pick leg it hoof hoof it foot up
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous.
*North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”)
*Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”)
*West Frisian foet (“foot”)
*Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”)
*Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”)
*German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”)
*German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”)
*Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”)
*Faroese and Icelandic fótur (“foot”)
*Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fot (“foot”)
*Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
- verb To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. Dryden.
- verb To walk; --opposed to ride or fly. Shak.
Etymology [OE. fot, foot, pl. feet. AS. f, pl. f; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f, L. pes, Gr. pad, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. *77, 250. Cf. Antipodes, Cap-a-pie, Expedient, Fet to fetch, Fetlock, Fetter, Pawn a piece in chess, Pedal.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “foot”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details