foot

/fˈʊt/

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Noun
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"
Noun
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
Noun
the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
Noun
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
Noun
lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
Noun
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
Noun
travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
Noun
a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
Noun
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
Noun
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Noun
a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
Verb
pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
Verb
walk; "let''s hoof it to the disco"
Verb
add a column of numbers
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