Heel

/hiːl/ · noun

Meaning

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg..

Definitions by Sense

1. (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
2. The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
3. The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
4. The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
5. (usually in the plural) A high-heeled shoe.
6. (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
7. (music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
8. The last or lowest part of anything.

Example Sentences

He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged heels and then his armed head.

He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.

She'd been wearing heels, and fell backward off her right heel and twisted or broke her ankle.

Opting to improve her odds of making it up the stairs and into the privacy of her room, she kicked off her left heel, and then her right before leaning down to scoop them up.

Flat shoes. As she pushed off her left heel and pressed the sole of her foot to the cold floor she looked forward to them.

Oh mama, I'm just having fun On the stage in my heels It's where I belong down at the...

the heel of a mast

the heel of a vessel

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Word Forms

• heels
• heeling
• heeled

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