foot

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. 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.
2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
3. Travel by walking.
4. The base or bottom of anything.
5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
7. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
8. (informal) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
9. (informal) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
10. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
11. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
12. Foot soldiers; infantry.
13. The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
14. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
15. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
16. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
17. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
18. 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.
19. The bottom edge of a sail.
20. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
21. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
22. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
23. The globular lower domain of a protein.
24. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
25. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
26. Recognized condition; rank; footing.

Verb

1. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
2. To pay (a bill).
3. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
4. To walk.
5. To set foot on; to walk on.
6. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
7. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
8. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

Sinònims

leg

🦵

base

bottom

paw

feet

🐾

hoof

footprint

👣

toe

foundation

metrical foot

root

step

groundwork

toes

limb

pes

foot up

ft

pedestal

thigh

substructure

pick

⛏️

lower part

fundament

understructure

walk

🚶

hoof it

infantry

sole

leg it

animal foot

human foot

invertebrate foot

wheel

🛞

front foot

measure

add

sum

hand

✋

border

edge

footing

total

basis

slope

pedestrian

end

🔚

pace

pad

stand

metrical unit

poetic foot

stem

support

tripod

trunk

tree

🌳

tip

tread

unmounted

rim

butt

sum up

pay off

pay out

pay up

peak

pigeon

promenade

put up

radical

remain

remit

right

roadbed

set back

settle

shaft

shank

shin

shoe

👞

side

sock

stalk

stamp

step on

stipe

stump

substratum

sufficient

summate

syllable

tail

tally

talon

tootsy

tot

tot up

track

train

🚋

tramp

underpart

undersurface

verge

very

front leg

going on foot

pay the piper

reckon up

sole of the foot

tilt hammer

tote up

right arm

lower direction

hind foot

e.g.

aby

arris

walking

🚶

abye

hindfoot

low place

base mountain

poetical foot

Basa

metric foot

Basaa

abutment

add together

add up

adequate

aggregate

ankle

ankle bone

bait

bed

🛏️

belly

bird

🐦

boot

👢

bridge

brim

brow

cast up

changes

claw

cost

count up

cuff

dregs

enough

etc.

extremity

f

f

figure

foothills

foothold

footstep

forte

freshly

full

genitals

goat

🐐

ground

heel

hem

hike

hillside

instep

just

kick

kickstand

ledge

lower leg

lump

marge

member

mitt

mount

mounting

nadir

neb

number

🔢

on foot

only

ox

🐂

palm

pay

💸

pay back

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/fʊt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: fot

Heretat de anglès antic: fōt

In summary

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.