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1. 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.
2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
3. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
4. The base or bottom of anything.
I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
The host should sit at the foot of the table.
7. 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.
8. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.
9. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
10. (collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
11. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
12. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
13. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
14. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
15. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
19. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
20. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
21. The globular lower domain of a protein.
22. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
23. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
24. Recognized condition; rank; footing.
1. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
2. To pay (a bill).
3. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
4. To walk.
5. To tread.
to foot the green
6. To set on foot; to establish; to land.
7. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
8. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
to foot (or foot up) an account