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FOOT

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Irregular inflected form: feet   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Travel by walking

Example:

the swiftest of foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

walk (the act of walking somewhere)

Derivation:

foot (walk)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

Synonyms:

animal foot; foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

pedal extremity; vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot"):

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

Synonyms:

foot; invertebrate foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot"):

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)

Holonyms ("foot" is a part of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A support resembling a pedal extremity

Example:

one foot of the chair was on the carpet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Holonyms ("foot" is a part of...):

leg (a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Lowest support of a structure

Example:

he stood at the foot of the tower

Synonyms:

base; foot; foundation; fundament; groundwork; substructure; understructure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

support (supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot"):

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)

Holonyms ("foot" is a part of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Example:

armored from head to foot

Synonyms:

foot; human foot; pes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

pedal extremity; vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "foot"):

heel (the back part of the human foot)

little toe (the fifth smallest outermost toe)

big toe; great toe; hallux (the first largest innermost toe)

toe (one of the digits of the foot)

sole (the underside of the foot)

instep (the arch of the foot)

calcaneus; heelbone; os tarsi fibulare (the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel)

metatarsal vein; vena metatarsus (dorsal and plantar branches of veins serving the metatarsal region of the foot)

intercapitular vein; vena intercapitalis (veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot)

arteria metatarsea; metatarsal artery (dorsal and plantar arteries to the metatarsal region of the foot)

arteria digitalis; digital arteries (arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes)

arcuate artery; arteria arcuata (curved artery in the foot)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot"):

flatfoot; pes planus; splayfoot (a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out)

Holonyms ("foot" 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)

Derivation:

foot (walk)

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

foot; metrical foot; metrical unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)

Domain category:

metrics; prosody (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot"):

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)

Sense 8

Meaning:

An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

Example:

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

Synonyms:

foot; infantry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot"):

paratroops (infantry trained and equipped to parachute)

Sense 9

Meaning:

The lower part of anything

Example:

the foot of the mountain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

bottom (the lowest part of anything)

Antonym:

head (the top of something)

Sense 10

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

intelligence agent; intelligence officer; operative; secret agent (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)

Sense 11

Meaning:

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

Example:

he is six feet tall

Synonyms:

foot; ft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("foot" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Meronyms (parts of "foot"):

in; inch (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)

Holonyms ("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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add a column of numbers

Synonyms:

foot; foot up

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "foot" is one way to...):

add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Walk

Example:

let's hoof it to the disco

Synonyms:

foot; hoof; hoof it; leg it

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "foot" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

foot (travel by walking)

foot (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)

footer (a person who travels by foot)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pay for something

Example:

foot the bill

Synonyms:

foot; pick

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "foot" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Credits

 Context examples: 

Hans did not speak so softly but the horseman heard it all, and said, Well, friend, why do you go on foot then?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A bone belonging to the middle part of the foot located between toes and ankle.

(Metatarsal Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

A condyloid synovial joint within the first digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A condyloid synovial joint within the second digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; are you able to sense your feet when you walk?

(MNSI - Able to Sense Feet When Walking, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of distance equal to 5280 international feet, 1760 international yards, or 1609.344 meters.

(Mile, NCI Thesaurus)

Gastrointestinal symptoms and trouble with the spine or bones in the feet and thighs may also occur.

(MEN2B, NCI Dictionary)

The canyons also are quite deep — those measured are 790 to 1,870 feet (240 to 570 meters) from top to bottom.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)

It is equal to 4046.8564224 square meters, or 10 square chains, or 160 square rods, 43560 square feet, or 4840 square yards.

(Acre, NCI Thesaurus)

2012 TC4 is estimated to be 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 meters) in size.

(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)

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