foot
Noun:
- The lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person or animal stands or walks: The terminal part of the leg in vertebrates.
- The lower or lowest part of something; the base or bottom: The part of an object on which it rests or is supported.
- A unit of linear measure equal to 12 inches (30.48 cm): A standard unit of length.
- (Prosody) A group of syllables forming a basic unit of meter in poetry: A metrical unit.
- Infantry; soldiers who march and fight on foot: A military unit.
Verb:
- To pay (a bill): To settle a financial account.
- To walk or tread: To travel on foot.
- To add up (a column of numbers): To perform an arithmetic sum.
Noun:
- She hurt her foot while hiking. (Refers to the body part.)
- The foot of the mountain was covered in fog. (Refers to the base of something.)
- The room is twelve feet wide. (Refers to the unit of measurement.)
- The poem uses an iambic foot. (Refers to the poetic unit.)
- The foot advanced under cover of artillery. (Refers to infantry soldiers.)
Verb:
- The company will foot the bill for the repairs. (Refers to paying.)
- We had to foot it back to town after the car broke down. (Refers to walking.)
- Please foot this column of expenses. (Refers to adding numbers.)
To foot the bill: To be responsible for paying the cost.
- His parents footed the bill for his university education.
To have one foot in the grave: To be very old or very ill and likely to die soon.
- At 95, he jokes that he has one foot in the grave.
To put one's foot down: To be firm or insistent; to refuse to allow something.
- She finally put her foot down and told them they couldn't stay out past midnight.
To put one's foot in it (or in one's mouth): To say something tactless or embarrassing.
- I really put my foot in it when I asked about her ex-husband.
To set foot in/on: To enter or go to (a place).
- He swore he would never set foot in that house again.
On foot: Walking, not using a vehicle.
- We decided to explore the city on foot.
To get off on the wrong foot: To make a bad start at something.
- I'm afraid we got off on the wrong foot at the meeting.
Footing (noun):
- A secure grip with one's feet; a basis or foundation.
- He lost his footing on the icy path.
- The two companies are on an equal footing.
Footage (noun): A length of film or video.
- The news showed footage of the event.
Footprint (noun): The impression left by a foot or shoe; the area affected by something.
- We saw animal footprints in the mud.
- The carbon footprint of the industry.
Footstep (noun): A step taken in walking; the sound of a step.
- I heard footsteps in the hallway.
- Noun (for body part): Paw (of an animal), hoof (of a horse).
- Noun (for base): Bottom, base, foundation.
- Verb (for pay): Settle, cover, pay for.
- Verb (for walk): Walk, tread, hoof it (informal).
- Foot up (to): To add up to a total.
- The costs foot up to nearly a thousand dollars.
At someone's feet: As someone's admirer or disciple.
- She had the whole audience at her feet.
To be rushed off one's feet: To be extremely busy.
- During the holidays, the staff are rushed off their feet.
To have feet of clay: To have a fundamental flaw or weakness (despite an impressive appearance).
- The scandal revealed that the celebrity had feet of clay.
To stand on one's own two feet: To be independent and self-sufficient.
- After college, it was time for him to stand on his own two feet.
- add a column of numbers
- walk
- let's hoof it to the disco
- pay for something
- pick up the tab
- pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
- foot the bill
- a support resembling a pedal extremity
- one foot of the chair was on the carpet
- (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
- there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
- a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
- travel by walking
- he followed on foot
- the swiftest of foot
- any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
- lowest support of a structure
- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
- the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- the lower part of anything
- curled up on the foot of the bed
- the foot of the page
- the foot of the list
- the foot of the mountain
- a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
- he is six feet tall
- the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
- his bare feet projected from his trousers
- armored from head to foot