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- English Word Foot Definition That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
- English Word Foot Definition The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.
- English Word Foot Definition Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
- English Word Foot Definition Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.
- English Word Foot Definition A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.
- English Word Foot Definition Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
- English Word Foot Definition A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.
- English Word Foot Definition The lower edge of a sail.
- English Word Foot Definition To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- English Word Foot Definition To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.
- English Word Foot Definition To kick with the foot; to spurn.
- English Word Foot Definition To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- English Word Foot Definition To tread; as, to foot the green.
- English Word Foot Definition To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
- English Word Foot Definition The size or strike with the talon.
- English Word Foot Definition To renew the foot of, as of stocking.
- English Word Foot Guards Definition Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.
- English Word Foot pound Definition A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.
- English Word Foot poundal Definition A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.
- English Word Foot-sore Definition Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.