heel

Significat (English)

Noun

1. The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
2. The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
3. The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
4. The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
5. A woman's high-heeled shoe.
6. The back, upper part of the stock.
7. The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
8. The last or lowest part of anything.
9. A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
10. The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
11. (informal) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
12. (slang) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
13. The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
14. Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
15. The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
16. The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
17. (obsolete) A cyma reversa.
18. The short side of an angled cut.
19. The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
20. The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
21. In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
22. The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.

Verb

1. To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
2. To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
3. To kick with the heel.
4. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
5. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
6. To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
7. To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
8. At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.

Verb

To incline to one side; to tilt.

Verb

Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).

Synonyms

list

careen

tilt

sole

lean

scoundrel

cant

bounder

tip

toe

reheel

dog

🐕

villain

🦹‍♂️

slant

elbow

base

heeling

hock

ankle

blackguard

hound

follow

incline

cad

hallux

hang up

head

hood

hull

inflect

interest

interest rate

jerk

lift

listing

looter

louse

lurch

mattock

patten

pitch

population

position

pursue

rate of interest

recline

rente

rotter

shelve

sleet

slob

slope

sloven

sneak

socle

spur

stance

stub

swag

tend

travel

trend

verge

view

wrong

Achilles tendon

backguard

heel over

heelpiece

hide 2

hide used as mat

mean bastard

despicable person

leg band

back sole

Zoccola

stylopodium

heel-piece

plug-ugly

position paper

top crust

yobo

seat pad

cushion block

fill block

spacer block

heel block

head block

roll displacement

bearer supporting bracket

raising block

chees block

bear building-up

appreciate

attend

attitude

bad guy

bank

🏦

banking

bastard

bent

bully

butt

cant over

clinch

come on

conjugate

contention

crook

decline

end

🔚

fast

foot

🦶

form

forte

gravitate

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/hiːl/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: hele

Inherited from anglès antic: hēla

Cognate with frisó septentrional: haiel

Cognate with frisó occidental: hyl

Cognate with neerlandès: hiel

Cognate with danès: -

Cognate with noruec: hæl

Cognate with suec: häl

Inherited from anglès mitjà: helden

Inherited from anglès antic: hyldan

Cognate with nòrdic antic: hella

In summary

From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
Compare North Frisian haiel, West Frisian hyl, Dutch hiel, German Low German Hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl, Swedish häl.