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   foot

   /fʊt/

   noun

   • 1. the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks. Similar informal:tootsietrotterrhyming slang:plates of meatinformal:dogs
   • ▪ a corresponding part of the leg in vertebrate animals. Similar pawforepawhind pawhooftrotterpadtechnical:tarsusungularare:slotdewclaw
   • ▪ a locomotory or adhesive organ of an invertebrate.
   • ▪ the part of a sock, stocking, etc. that covers the foot.
   • ▪ a person's body below the torso, including the entire leg and the foot. West Indian
   • ▪ a person's manner or speed of walking or running: literary "fleet of foot"
   • ▪ infantry; foot soldiers: historical, formal British "a captain of foot"
   • 2. a projecting part on which a piece of furniture or each of its legs stands.
   • ▪ a device on a sewing machine for holding the material steady as it is sewn.
   • ▪ the part by which a petal is attached.
   • 3. the lower or lowest part of something; the base or bottom: "the foot of the stairs" Similar bottombasetoeedgeendlowest partlowest pointlower limitsfoundation
   • ▪ the end of a table that is furthest from where the host sits.
   • ▪ the end of a bed, couch, or grave where the occupant's feet normally rest.
   • ▪ the lower edge of a sail.
   • 4. a unit of linear measure equal to 12 inches (30.48 cm): "shallow water no more than a foot deep"
   • ▪ a unit used in describing a set of organ pipes according to its pitch, the designation being the length of one particular pipe: "an 8-foot reed stop"
   • ▪ a unit used in describing a set of harpsichord strings playing at the same pitch as a set of organ pipes of the same designation: "the 16-foot register"
   • 5. a group of syllables constituting a metrical unit. In English poetry it consists of stressed and unstressed syllables, while in ancient classical poetry it consists of long and short syllables.

   verb

   • 1. cover a distance, especially a long one, on foot: informal "the rider was left to foot it ten or twelve miles back to camp"
   • ▪ dance: informal "the dance of fairies, footing it to the cricket's song"

   Word Origin Old Englishfōt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voet and German Fuss, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit pad, pāda, Greek pous, pod-, and Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. footless adjective

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   What is the plural of Foot?

   • Your foot is the part of your body at the end of your leg. Your foot includes your toes. He kept on running despite the pain in his foot. When you use foot with this meaning, its plural is feet. She's got very small feet. If someone goes somewhere on foot, they walk, rather than using some form of transport. The city should be explored on foot.

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   What is the meaning of Foot?

   • 6. any part resembling a foot in form or function: the foot of a chair. 7. the lower part of something; base; bottom: the foot of the page; the foot of a hill. 8. the end of a series or group: the foot of the list. 9. manner of walking or moving; tread; step: a heavy foot.

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   What is another word for foot?

   • Other forms: feet; footing; footed; foots Your foot is like your leg's hand, and a foot is twelve inches. When you walk, you go by foot. Since feet are so important, the word foot has many meanings. The main one is that thing below your ankle — people have feet, and so do many animals.

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   What does ft mean?

   • a. a unit of length equal to one third of a yard or 12 inches. 1 Imperial foot is equivalent to 0.3048 metre. Abbreviation: ft 6. any part resembling a foot in form or function: the foot of a chair. 7. the lower part of something; base; bottom: the foot of the page; the foot of a hill. 8. the end of a series or group: the foot of the list.

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   A foot is a unit for measuring length, height, or depth, and is equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres. When you are giving measurements, the form 'foot' is often used as the plural instead of the plural form 'feet'.

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