foot

Noun
  1. The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint (synset 105570899)
    "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
    is a type of: pedal extremity, vertebrate foot - the extremity of the limb in vertebrates
    subtypes: flatfoot, pes planus, splayfoot - a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out
    has:
    is a part of:
    • homo, human, human being, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
    • leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
    same as: human foot, pes
  2. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard (synset 113671663)
    "he is six feet tall"
    is a type of: linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length
    has: in, inch - a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
    is a part of: pace, yard - a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
    same as: ft
  3. The lower part of anything (synset 108528642)
    "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
    is a type of: bottom - the lowest part of anything
  4. The pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings (synset 102156097)
    is a type of: pedal extremity, vertebrate foot - the extremity of the limb in vertebrates
    subtypes:
    • fossorial foot - foot adapted for digging as in moles
    • hoof - the foot of an ungulate mammal
    • bird's foot - the foot of a bird
    • webfoot - a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin
    • trotter - foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food
    • forefoot - a front foot of a quadruped
    • hindfoot - a rear foot of a quadruped
    • paw - a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
    same as: animal foot
  5. Lowest support of a structure (synset 103391862)
    "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
    is a type of: support - supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
    subtypes:
    • bed - a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
    • mat, raft, raft foundation - a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
    is a part of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
    same as: base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
  6. Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates (synset 102324865)
    is a type of: organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
    subtypes: tube foot - tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration
    is a part of: invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
    same as: invertebrate foot
  7. Travel by walking (synset 100285509)
    "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
    is a type of: walk - the act of walking somewhere
  8. A member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger (synset 110120847)
    is a type of: intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent - a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
  9. An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot (synset 108407114)
    "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: army unit - a military unit that is part of an army
    subtypes: paratroops - infantry trained and equipped to parachute
    same as: infantry
  10. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm (synset 107109509)
    referred to in: metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
    is a type of: beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
    subtypes:
    • dactyl - a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
    • iamb, iambus - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
    • anapaest, anapest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
    • amphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
    • trochee - a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
    • spondee - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
    • dibrach, pyrrhic - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
    same as: metrical foot, metrical unit
  11. A support resembling a pedal extremity (synset 103383288)
    "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
    is a type of: support - any device that bears the weight of another thing
    is a part of: leg - a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
Verb
  1. Pay for something (synset 202292054)
    "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
    is a type of: pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
    same as: pick
  2. Walk (synset 201910315)
    "let's hoof it to the disco"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    is a type of: walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
    same as: hoof, hoof it, leg it
  3. Add a column of numbers (synset 200642800)
    referred to in: arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
    is a type of: add, add together - make an addition by combining numbers
    same as: foot up

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