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feet

Noun

∙ plural form of foot.

Noun

∙ Fact; performance; feat. obsolete

foot

Noun

∙ 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. countable
∙ Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. countable, anatomy
∙ Travel by walking. uncountable, often used attributively
∙ The base or bottom of anything. countable
∙ The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest. countable
∙ The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. countable
∙ A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. countable
∙ A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. ^coord. countable
∙ A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm. countable, music
∙ Foot soldiers; infantry. military, collective
∙ The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting. countable, cigars
∙ The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward. countable, sewing
∙ The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. countable, printing
∙ The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove. printing
∙ The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. countable, prosody
∙ The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads. countable, phonology
∙ The bottom edge of a sail. ^transl. countable, nautical
∙ The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked. countable, billiards
∙ In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant. countable, botany
∙ The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface. countable, malacology
∙ The globular lower domain of a protein. countable, molecular biology
∙ The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it. countable, geometry
∙ Fundamental principle; basis; plan. uncountable
∙ Recognized condition; rank; footing. uncountable

Verb

∙ To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). transitive
∙ To pay (a bill). transitive
∙ To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
∙ To walk.
∙ To tread.
∙ To set on foot; to establish; to land. obsolete
∙ To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
∙ To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

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