foot

Nouns

  • (n) the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
    • his bare feet projected from his trousers
    • armored from head to foot
    human foot, pes,
  • (n) a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
    • he is six feet tall
    ft,
  • (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) the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings animal foot,
  • (n) lowest support of a structure
    • it was built on a base of solid rock
    • he stood at the foot of the tower
    understructure, base, groundwork, substructure, foundation, fundament,
  • (n) any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates invertebrate foot,
  • (n) travel by walking
    • he followed on foot
    • the swiftest of foot
  • (n) a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
  • (n) an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
    • there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
    infantry,
  • (n) (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm metrical foot, metrical unit,
  • (n) a support resembling a pedal extremity
    • one foot of the chair was on the carpet

Verbs

  • (v) pay for something
    • pick up the tab
    • pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
    • foot the bill
    pick,
  • (v) walk
    • let's hoof it to the disco
    hoof, hoof it, leg it,
  • (v) add a column of numbers foot up,

Synonyms

human foot pes pick hoof hoof it leg it ft foot up animal foot understructure base groundwork substructure foundation fundament invertebrate foot infantry metrical foot metrical unit

Antonyms

head

Words of close approximity

food fool
fob foe fog fop fox
foal foam fogy fohn foil fold folk fond font food fool ford fore fork form fort FOTS foul four fowl foxy
footage foot-and-mouth disease football football coach footballer football field football game football helmet football hero football league football official football play football player football score football season football-shaped football stadium football team football tee footbath footboard foot brake footbridge footcandle foot doctor footed footedness footer footfall footfault footgear foothill foothold footing foot-lambert footle footless foot lever footlights footling footlocker footloose footman footmark footnote footpad footpath foot pedal footplate foot-pound foot-poundal footprint footprint evidence footrace foot race footrest foot rot foot rule foot-shaped footslog footslogger foot soldier footsore footstall footstep footsteps-of-spring footstool footsure foot-ton foot traffic foot up footwall footwear footwork