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Definition of Foot
1. Noun. The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint. "Armored from head to foot"
Group relationships: Homo, Human, Human Being, Man, Leg
Terms within: Calcaneus, Heelbone, Os Tarsi Fibulare, Arcuate Artery, Arteria Arcuata, Arteria Digitalis, Digital Arteries, Arteria Metatarsea, Metatarsal Artery, Intercapitular Vein, Vena Intercapitalis, Metatarsal Vein, Vena Metatarsus, Instep, Sole, Toe, Big Toe, Great Toe, Hallux, Little Toe, Heel
Generic synonyms: Pedal Extremity, Vertebrate Foot
Specialized synonyms: Flatfoot, Pes Planus, Splayfoot
2. Verb. Pay for something. "Foot the bill"
3. Noun. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard. "He is six feet tall"
Generic synonyms: Linear Measure, Linear Unit
Terms within: In, Inch
Group relationships: Pace, Yard
4. Verb. Walk. "The children foot to the playground"; "Let's hoof it to the disco"
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Footer
5. Noun. The lower part of anything. "The foot of the mountain"
6. Verb. Add a column of numbers.
7. Noun. The pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings.
Specialized synonyms: Fossorial Foot, Hoof, Bird's Foot, Webfoot, Trotter, Forefoot, Hindfoot, Paw
Generic synonyms: Pedal Extremity, Vertebrate Foot
8. Noun. Lowest support of a structure. "He stood at the foot of the tower"
Specialized synonyms: Bed, Raft Foundation
Group relationships: Construction, Structure
Generic synonyms: Support
Derivative terms: Basal
9. Noun. Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates.
Group relationships: Invertebrate
Specialized synonyms: Tube Foot
Generic synonyms: Organ
10. Noun. Travel by walking. "The swiftest of foot"
11. Noun. A member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger.
12. Noun. An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot. "There came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
Generic synonyms: Army Unit
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Paratroops
13. Noun. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm.
Category relationships: Metrics, Prosody
Generic synonyms: Beat, Cadence, Measure, Meter, Metre
Specialized synonyms: Dactyl, Iamb, Iambus, Anapaest, Anapest, Amphibrach, Trochee, Spondee, Dibrach, Pyrrhic
14. Noun. A support resembling a pedal extremity. "One foot of the chair was on the carpet"
Definition of Foot
1. n. The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.
2. v. i. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
3. v. t. To kick with the foot; to spurn.
Definition of Foot
1. the terminal part of the leg on which the body stands and moves [n FEET] / to walk [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: walk
Medical Definition of Foot
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