Foot Meaning and Definition

Word: Foot

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Noun

Definitions:

1. The lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks.

Example sentences: "The Antipodes were the body's extremities, its feet or its finger nails."

2. A projecting part on which a piece of furniture or each of its legs stands.

3. The lower or lowest part of something; the base or bottom.

Example sentences: "The foot of the stairs"

4. A unit of linear measure equal to 12 inches (30.48 cm)A unit used in describing sets of organ pipes or harpsichord strings, in terms of the average or approximate length of the vibrating column of air or the string which produces the sound.

Example sentences: "Shallow water no more than a foot deep"

5. A group of syllables constituting a metrical unit. In English poetry it consists of stressed and unstressed syllables, while in ancient classical poetry it consists of long and short syllables.

Example sentences: "A trochee is a metrical foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short."

Verb

Definitions:

1. Cover a distance, especially a long one, on foot.

Synonyms:

paw

leg

toe

presser

ft

pad

hooves

bottom

foundation

base

basement

footstep

pes

tread

step

walk

foot it

pay

pedal

infantry

stand

spring

Antonyms:

top

upper

Derivations:

footboard

footwear

footfall

footwork

footway

footage

foothold

footed

footless

footing

footer

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Foot in Other Languages...

Spanish: Pie

German: Fuß

French: Pied

Italian: Piede

Turkish: Ayak