foot.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
The wave knocked me off my feet.
Travel by walking.
We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
The base or bottom of anything.
I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
The host should sit at the foot of the table.
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.
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.
My sis's just over six foot two.
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area.
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. Ellipsis of cubic foot, a unit of volume.
A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
Foot soldiers; infantry.
King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
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.
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.
The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
The globular lower domain of a protein.
The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
Recognized condition; rank; footing.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous. Cognates *Scots fit (“foot”) *Yola voote (“foot”) *North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”) *Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”) *West Frisian foet (“foot”) *Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”) *Dutch voet (“foot”) *Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”) *German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”) *German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”) *Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”) *Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”) *Mòcheno vuas (“foot”) *Vilamovian füs (“foot”) *Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”) *Danish fod (“foot”) *Faroese and Icelandic fótur (“foot”) *Jamtish fót (“foot”) *Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fot (“foot”) *Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).
To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
To pay (a bill).
To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
To walk.
To set foot on; to walk on.
To set on foot; to establish; to land.
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
to foot (or foot up) an account
To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous. Cognates *Scots fit (“foot”) *Yola voote (“foot”) *North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”) *Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”) *West Frisian foet (“foot”) *Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”) *Dutch voet (“foot”) *Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”) *German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”) *German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”) *Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”) *Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”) *Mòcheno vuas (“foot”) *Vilamovian füs (“foot”) *Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”) *Danish fod (“foot”) *Faroese and Icelandic fótur (“foot”) *Jamtish fót (“foot”) *Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fot (“foot”) *Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.