heel

Meaning

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.

list

careen

rate of interest

backguard

hide 2

hide used as mat

mean bastard

despicable person

leg band

back sole

Zoccola

heel-piece

top crust

seat pad

cushion block

fill block

spacer block

heel block

head block

roll displacement

bearer supporting bracket

raising block

chees block

bear building-up

cant over

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hiːl/

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.