foot
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
foot (plural feet)
- 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.
- A spider has eight feet.
- (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Rev 1:17:
- And when I ſawe him, I fell at his feete as dead : and hee laid his right hand vpon me, ſaying vnto mee, Feare not, *I am the firſt,and the laſt.
- (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
- We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
- There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
- The base or bottom of anything.
- I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
- The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
- The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
- The host should sit at the foot of the table.
- A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
- The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
- A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess[2]:
- ‘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.’
- The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.
- (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
- (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
- King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, OCLC 937919305:
- His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
- (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
- (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
- (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
- (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.
- (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
- To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
- (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
- (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
- (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
- (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
- Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
- 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher
- Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
- 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher
- Recognized condition; rank; footing.
- May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
- As to his being on the foot of a servant.
- May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
Usage notesEdit
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SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- a closed mouth gathers no feet
- acre-foot
- afoot
- athlete's foot
- best foot
- Bigfoot
- board foot
- Chinese foot
- clubfoot
- Crag Foot
- cubic foot
- footage
- foot-and-mouth disease
- football
- footbath
- footboard
- footboy
- foot brake
- footbridge
- footcandle
- foot chase
- footfall
- foot fault
- footgear
- foothill
- foothold
- footing
- foot-in-mouth disease
- foot iron
- foot landraker
- footlights
- foot line
- footlocker
- footloose
- foot louse
- footly
- footman
- footmanship
- footmeal
- foot-mouth
- footnote
- footpad
- foot passenger
- footpath
- footplate
- foot post
- foot-pound
- footprint
- foot pump
- footrest
- footrope
- footsie
- footsie-wootsies
- foot soldier
- footsore
- footstep
- footstone
- footstool
- foot warmer
- footwear
- footwell
- footwork
- footworn
- four foot
- get cold feet
- get one's foot in the door
- Greek foot
- Hong Kong foot
- immersion foot
- itchy feet
- Japanese foot
- Kenton Bank Foot
- light on one's feet
- Luddenden Foot, Luddendenfoot
- of 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
- the shoe is on the other foot
- trench foot
- webbed foot
- webfoot
- which foot the shoe is on
- wrong-foot, wrongfoot
Coordinate termsEdit
- (unit of length): inch, yard, mile
- (end of a table): head, sides
- (bottom of a page): head, body
- (bottom edge of a sail): head, leech, luff
- (molecular domain): head, cleft, neck
- (infantry): horse
DescendantsEdit
- Sranan Tongo: futu
TranslationsEdit
part of animal’s body
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part of human body
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bottom of anything
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projection on equipment
unit of measure
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metrical foot — see metrical foot
bottom edge of a sail
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See alsoEdit
- pedal, relating to the foot
VerbEdit
foot (third-person singular simple present foots, present participle footing, simple past and past participle footed)
- (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- (transitive) To pay (a bill).
- To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- To walk.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act 2, scene 1]:
- thieves do foot by night
- To tread.
- to foot the green
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tickell to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene vii]:
- What confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom?
- To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
- to foot (or foot up) an account
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
kick
pay
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NounEdit
foot m (uncountable)
- (colloquial) association football; football, soccer
- Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs de foot du monde.
- Zidane is one of the best football players in the world.
- Toutes les semaines, il regarde du foot à la télé.
- Every week, he watches football on TV.
Derived termsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English fōt.
NounEdit
foot
- Alternative form of fot
Etymology 2Edit
From fot (noun).
VerbEdit
foot
- Alternative form of footen