foot
noun
1. the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
- armored from head to foot
Similar word(s): pes
Definition categories: body
2. a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
Definition categories: quantity
3. the lower part of anything
- curled up on the foot of the bed
- the foot of the page
- the foot of the list
Definition categories: location, bottom
4. the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
Definition categories: animal
5. lowest support of a structure
- he stood at the foot of the tower
Similar word(s): base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
Definition categories: man–made, support
6. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
Definition categories: animal, organ
7. travel by walking
- he followed on foot
- the swiftest of foot
Definition categories: act, walk
8. a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
Definition categories: person, operative
9. an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
- there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
Similar word(s): infantry
Definition categories: group
10. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Definition categories: communication, beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre
11. a support resembling a pedal extremity
- one foot of the chair was on the carpet
Definition categories: man–made, support
Sentences with foot as a noun:
- Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
- We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
- There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
- I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
- We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
- The host should sit at the foot of the table.
- King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
- To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.