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NOUN | 1 | foot, ft | A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard |
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2 | foot, human foot, pes | The foot of a human being | |
3 | foot | The lower part of anything | |
4 | foot | Travel by foot | |
5 | foot, animal foot | A foot of a vertebrate other than a human being | |
6 | foot | A support resembling a pedal extremity | |
7 | foot, foundation, base, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure | Lowest support of a structure | |
8 | foot, invertebrate foot | Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates | |
9 | foot, infantry | An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | |
10 | foot | A member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger | |
11 | foot, metrical foot, metrical unit | A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | |
VERB | 1 | foot, pick | Pay for something |
2 | foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it | Walk | |
3 | foot, foot up | Add a column of numbers |
Sounds | fuh't |
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Rhymes | afoot, barefoot, Bigfoot, and 11 more rhymes in uht at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard. |
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Synonyms | ft |
Part of | yard, pace; chain |
Parts | inch, in |
Broader | linear unit |
Meaning | The foot of a human being. |
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Examples | "armored from head to foot" |
Synonyms | human foot, pes |
Part of | homo, man, human being, human; leg |
Parts | heelbone, calcaneus, os tarsi fibulare; arcuate artery, arteria arcuata; digital arteries, arteria digitalis; metatarsal artery, arteria metatarsea; intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis; metatarsal vein, vena metatarsus; instep; sole; toe; big toe, great toe, hallux; little toe; heel |
Narrower | flatfoot, splayfoot, pes planus |
Broader | vertebrate foot, pedal extremity |
Verbs | foot |
Meaning | The lower part of anything. |
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Examples | "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain" |
Broader | bottom |
Contrary | head |
Meaning | Travel by foot. |
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Examples | "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot" |
Broader | walk |
Verbs | foot |
Meaning | A foot of a vertebrate other than a human being. |
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Synonyms | animal foot |
Narrower | fossorial foot; hoof; bird's foot; webfoot; trotter; forefoot; hindfoot; paw |
Broader | vertebrate foot, pedal extremity |
Meaning | A support resembling a pedal extremity. |
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Examples | "one foot of the chair was on the carpet" |
Part of | leg |
Broader | support |
Meaning | Lowest support of a structure. |
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Examples | "he stood at the foot of the tower" |
Synonyms | foundation, base, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
Part of | structure, construction |
Narrower | bed; raft foundation |
Broader | support |
Meaning | Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates. |
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Synonyms | invertebrate foot |
Part of | invertebrate |
Narrower | tube foot |
Broader | organ |
Meaning | An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot. |
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Examples | "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" |
Synonyms | infantry |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
Narrower | paratroops |
Broader | army unit |
Meaning | A member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger. |
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Broader | secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative |
Meaning | A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm. |
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Synonyms | metrical foot, metrical unit |
Narrower | dactyl; iamb, iambus; anapest, anapaest; amphibrach; trochee; spondee; pyrrhic, dibrach |
Broader | meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence |
Meaning | Pay for something. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "foot the bill" |
Synonyms | pick |
Broader | pay |
Meaning | Walk. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | leg it, hoof, hoof it |
Broader | walk |
Usage | colloquialism |
Nouns | foot; footer; foot |
Meaning | Add a column of numbers. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | foot up |
Category | arithmetic |
Broader | add, add together |