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. (attributive, often) 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. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) 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. (collective) 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. (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
2. (transitive) To pay (a bill).
3. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
4. To walk.
5. (archaic) 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.
9. (Ireland, transitive) To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.

Synonyms

leg

🦵

base

bottom

paw

feet

🐾

hoof

footprint

👣

toe

root

foundation

metrical foot

toes

step

pes

limb

groundwork

lower part

foot up

thigh

fundament

ft

sole

pedestal

pick

⛏️

invertebrate foot

substructure

leg it

animal foot

walk

🚶

understructure

hoof it

human foot

infantry

edge

total

tread

tree

🌳

support

basis

sum

sum up

tip

tripod

butt

slope

rim

pedestrian

footing

pad

stand

Translations

pied

🦶

Fuß

🦶

pie

🦶

piede

🦶

pé

🦶

πόδι

voet

🦶

patte

peu

🦶

ayak

🦶

pes

🦶

poot

jambe

🦵

pê

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fot

Inherited from Old English: 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.
Cognates
*Scots fit (“foot”)
*Yola voote (“foot”)
*North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”)
*Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”)
*West Frisian foet (“foot”)
*Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”)
*Dutch voet (“foot”)
*Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”)
*German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”)
*German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”)
*Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”)
*Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”)
*Mòcheno vuas (“foot”)
*Vilamovian füs (“foot”)
*Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”)
*Danish fod (“foot”)
*Faroese, Icelandic fótur (“foot”)
*Jamtish fót (“foot”)
*Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish fot (“foot”)
*Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).