Foot

Quick meaning: Foot is a noun meaning (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.

Meaning

(anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.

More Meanings

1. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
2. The base or bottom of anything.
3. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
4. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
5. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
6. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

A spider has eight feet.

Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.

I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.

We came and stood at the foot of the bed.

Word Forms

• foote
• foots
• footing
• footed

Synonyms for foot

Depending on context, synonyms include pes, dog, gripper, base, foundation, pick.

Antonyms for foot

Common opposites include head.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pick, hoof, substructure, understructure, base, groundwork.

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