FOOT
\fˈʊt], \fˈʊt], \f_ˈʊ_t]\
Definitions of FOOT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being
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travel by foot; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
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any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
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a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
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the foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
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a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
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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"
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a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
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add a column of numbers
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pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
By Princeton University
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a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being
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travel by foot; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
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any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
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a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
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the foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
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a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
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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"
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walk (informal); "let's hoof it to the disco"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.
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That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
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The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.
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Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
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A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.
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The lower edge of a sail.
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To kick with the foot; to spurn.
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To set on foot; to establish; to land.
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To tread; as, to foot the green.
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The size or strike with the talon.
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To renew the foot of, as of stocking.
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Recognized condition; rank; footing; - used only in the singular.
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To walk; - opposed to ride or fly.
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To sum up, as the numbers in a column; - sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.
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That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
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The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.
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Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
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A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.
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The lower edge of a sail.
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To kick with the foot; to spurn.
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To set on foot; to establish; to land.
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To tread; as, to foot the green.
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The size or strike with the talon.
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To renew the foot of, as of stocking.
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Recognized condition; rank; footing; - used only in the singular.
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To walk; - opposed to ride or fly.
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To sum up, as the numbers in a column; - sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
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A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.
By Noah Webster.
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The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates, consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE), METATARSUS, phalanges, and the soft tissues surrounding these bones.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That part of the leg on which an animal walks or stands; the lower part, base, foundation, or end of anything; that part of a boot or stocking which receives the foot; a measure equal to twelve inches; unmounted soldiers; a number of syllables making part of a verse.
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To add a foot to, as a stocking; add figures in a column; colioquially, to pay; as, to foot the bill.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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That part of its body on which an animal stands or walks; the lower part or base; a measure-12 in. (orig.) the length of a man's foot; foot soldiers; a division of a line of poetry; -pl. FEET (fet).
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To dance; to walk; -pr.p. footing; pa.p. foot'ed.
By Daniel Lyons
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Part of the body on which an animal walks; base; measure of 12 inches; foot-soldiers; unit of measure in metre.
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To dance; walk.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To tread; set the foot on; travel.
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To add, as a column of figures.
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To go a foot; walk.
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The part below the ankle in man, or the corresponding part in other animals.
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Anything in any way like an animal's foot; the lowest part of a thing; the last of a series.
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A measure; twelve inches.
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Unmounted troops; infantry.
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Pros. A division of a verse.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An embryonic structure in ferns through which nourishment is obtained from the prothallus; the basal portion of the sporophyte in Mosses; an organ of locomotion, differing widely in different animals, from the tube-foot of Echinoderms, the muscular foot of Gastropods and Molluscs, the tarsus of Insects, to the foot of vertebrates and man.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, Greek, Latin] The part of the limb below the ankle; that part on which we stand;—that which supports like a foot, as a table;—the lower part; the base, as of a mountain;—the end; the bottom, as of an account or sail;—infantry; foot soldiers;—foundation; condition; state;—plan of construction; fundamental principle;—in poetry, a certain number of syllables, forming part of a verse;—step; pace;—the part of a stocking or shoe on which the foot rests;—a measure of length consisting of twelve inches, supposed to be taken from the length of a man’s foot.
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The part upon which we stand; that by which any thing is supported; the lower part, the base; infantry; state, character, condition; scheme, plan, settlement; a certain number of syllables constituting a distinct part of a verse; a measure containing twelve inches; step.
By Thomas Sheridan
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