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(countable) 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. (jump)
(countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. (jump)
(uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking. (walking)
(countable) The base or bottom of anything. (jump)
(countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
(countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. (jump)
(countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. (jump)
(countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 (military, pluralonly) Foot soldiers; infantry. (jump)
* Clarendon
(countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
(countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
(countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. (jump)
(countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. (jump)
(countable, phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
(countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
(countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
(countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
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(countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
(countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. (jump)
(countable, geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
Fundamental principle; basis; plan. (never used in the plural)
* Berkeley
Recognized condition; rank; footing. (never used in the plural)
* Walpole
To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
To pay (a bill).
To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
To walk.
To tread.
(obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
* Shakespeare
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up .
Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.
An equivalent part in an animal.
That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
(dance) An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe.
An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle with positive toe' (or '''toe''' in) signifying that the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back and negative '''toe''' (or ' toe out) the opposite.
(engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
(engineering) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
(engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
(carpentry) the long side of an angled cut
To furnish with a toe.
To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
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To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
(construction) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
(golf) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
Toe is a holonym of foot.
In transitive terms the difference between foot and toe
is that foot is to pay (a bill) while toe is to touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.As a proper noun Foot
is {{surname|lang=en}.As an acronym TOE is
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English
(wikipedia foot)Noun
(feet)citation, passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
- His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot .
- (b ) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
- Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
- As to his being on the foot of a servant.
Usage notes
* (jump) The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is (feet), but in many contexts, (term) itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”, in Mark Israel, the alt.usage.english FAQ. * It is sometimes abbreviated ' , such as in tables, lists or drawings.Derived terms
* a closed mouth gathers no feet * afoot * acre-foot * athlete's foot * best foot * Bigfoot * board foot * clubfoot * Chinese foot * cubic foot * footage * foot-and-mouth disease * football * footboard * footboy * foot brake * footbridge * footcandle * footfall * foot fault * footgear * foothill * foothold * footing * foot-in-mouth disease * foot iron * foot landraker * footlights * foot line * footlocker * footloose * foot louse * footly * footman * foot-mouth * footnote * footpad * footpath * foot-pound * foot post * footprint * foot pump * footrest * footrope * footsie * footsie-wootsies * foot soldier * footsore * footstep * footstone * footstool * foot warmer * footwear * footwell * footwork * footworn * four foot * get one's foot in the door * Hong Kong foot * immersion foot * itchy feet * Japanese foot * put one's foot in one's mouth * rabbit's foot * Roman foot * shoot oneself in the foot * six foot * square foot * start off on the wrong foot * trench foot * wrongfoot * See alsoCoordinate terms
* inch, yard, mile * (jump) head, sides * (jump) head, body * head, leech, luff * (jump) head, cleft, neck * (jump) horseSee also
* , relating to the footVerb
(en verb)- (Dryden)
- (Shakespeare)
- to foot the green
- (Tickell)
- What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?
- (Shakespeare)
- to foot (or foot up) an account
Derived terms
* foot the billReferences
toe
English
Noun
(en noun)- (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.
- (cricket) the tip of the bat farthest from the handle
- (kayaking) the bow; the front of the kayak.
- (geology) a bulbous protrusion at the front of a lava flow
Synonyms
* (an equivalent part in an animal) hoofAntonyms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) heel * (front of the kayak) tail * (angled cut in carpentry) heelHyponyms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) *: hallux, big toe, great toe *: second toe, long toe *: third toe, middle toe *: fourth toe, ring toe *: fifth toe, little toe, pinky toe, baby toeHolonyms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) footMeronyms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) nailDerived terms
* heel-and-toe * toeside * toeboard * toeclip * toe jump * toenail * toe ring * toe stopCoordinate terms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) fingerVerb
(d)citation, page= , passage=Just five minutes later the turnaround was complete when Arshavin toed the ball through to Bendtner, who slotted into the left corner from close range just before half-time. }}
- to toe the mark
- The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.