foot

UK /fʊt/ US [fʊt̚]
noun 5verb 5name 1

Definitions

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.

A spider has eight feet.

2

Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.

Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.

And when I ſawe him, I fell at his feete as dead : and hee laid his right hand vpon me, ſaying vnto mee, Feare not, *I am the firſt,and the laſt.

3

Travel by walking.

We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.

There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.

4

The base or bottom of anything.

I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.

5

The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.

We came and stood at the foot of the bed.

verb

1

To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).

2

To pay (a bill).

3

To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,

He saw a Quire of Ladies in a round, That featly footing seem'd to skim the Ground

4

To walk.

thieves do foot by night

5

To set foot on; to walk on.

[…] Or shepherd-boy, they featly foot the green

People who would not have dared to foot the place before crept in and did not come to the house.

name

1

A surname.

Michael Foot (1913–2010) was a British politician.

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