Foot meaning

What does “foot” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“foot” is a noun and verb with 14 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint.

foot

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
“his bare feet projected from his trousers”
“armored from head to foot”
Synonymshuman foot pes
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
“he is six feet tall”
Synonymsft
the lower part of anything
“curled up on the foot of the bed”
“the foot of the page”
Oppositeshead
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
Synonymsanimal foot
lowest support of a structure
“it was built on a base of solid rock”
“he stood at the foot of the tower”
Synonymsfoundation base fundament groundwork substructure understructure
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
Synonymsinvertebrate foot
travel by walking
“he followed on foot”
“the swiftest of foot”
a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
“there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot”
Synonymsinfantry
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Synonymsmetrical foot metrical unit
a support resembling a pedal extremity
“one foot of the chair was on the carpet”

pay for something
“pick up the tab”
“pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages”
Synonymspick
walk
“let's hoof it to the disco”
Synonymsleg it hoof hoof it
add a column of numbers
Synonymsfoot up

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University