feet
Meaning
plural of foot
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/fiːt/
Etymology
From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).
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- 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.
- Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- Travel by walking.
- The base or bottom of anything.
- The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
- A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
- (informal) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- (informal) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- Foot soldiers; infantry.
- The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
- The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
- The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- 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.
- The bottom edge of a sail.
- The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- The globular lower domain of a protein.
- The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- Recognized condition; rank; footing.
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