heel

UK /hiːl/ US /hil/
verb 7noun 6name 1

Definitions

noun

1

The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged heels and then his armed head.

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.

He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.

5

A high-heeled shoe.

She'd been wearing heels, and fell backward off her right heel and twisted or broke her ankle.

Opting to improve her odds of making it up the stairs and into the privacy of her room, she kicked off her left heel, and then her right before leaning down to scoop them up.

verb

1

To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.

She called to her dog to heel.

2

To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).

3

To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).

4

To kick with the heel.

she heeled her horse forward

5

To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.

I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt.

verb

1

To incline to one side; to tilt.

The faster a ship sails, the better she will answer her helm; if she sail very slow, she will scarce steer at all. If she heel much, she won't answer the helm so well.

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