Meaning of 'foot'

noun

travel by walking

Example: "They followed on foot."

noun

the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

Synonyms: animal foot

noun

any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

Synonyms: invertebrate foot

noun

a support resembling a pedal extremity

Example: "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"

noun

lowest support of a structure

Synonyms: foundation

noun

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

Synonyms: human foot pes

noun

(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Synonyms: metrical foot metrical unit

noun

an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

Example: "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"

Synonyms: infantry

noun

the lower part of anything

Example: "curled up on the foot of the bed"

noun

a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger

noun

a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

Synonyms: ft

verb

add a column of numbers

Synonyms: foot up

verb

walk

Synonyms: hoof leg it hoof it

verb

pay for something

Synonyms: pick