Definition of 'foot'
Noun
- a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
Synonyms: ft - 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"
Synonyms: human foot pes - 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"
Antonyms: head - travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
- the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
Synonyms: animal foot - a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
- lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
Synonyms: foundation base fundament groundwork substructure understructure - any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
Synonyms: invertebrate foot - an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
Synonyms: infantry - a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
- (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Synonyms: metrical foot metrical unit
Verb
- pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
Synonyms: pick - walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"
Synonyms: leg it hoof hoof it - add a column of numbers
Synonyms: foot up
