foot

Meanings

• the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
  • "armored from head to foot"
• a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
• 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"
• the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
• lowest support of a structure
  • "he stood at the foot of the tower"
• any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
• travel by walking
  • "he followed on foot"
  • "the swiftest of foot"
• a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
• an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
  • "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
• (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
• a support resembling a pedal extremity
  • "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
• pay for something
  • "foot the bill"
• walk
• add a column of numbers

Synonyms

animal foot, base, foot up, foundation, ft, fundament, groundwork, hoof, hoof it, human foot, infantry, invertebrate foot, leg it, metrical foot, metrical unit, pes, pick, substructure, understructure