foot

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʊt/

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.