heel
noun
1. the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
Definition categories: man–made, bottom, underside, undersurface
2. the back part of the human foot
Definition categories: body
3. someone who is morally reprehensible
Similar word(s): blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, hound
Definition categories: person, scoundrel, villain
4. one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
Definition categories: food, end, terminal
5. the lower end of a ship's mast
Definition categories: man–made, end, terminal
6. (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
Definition categories: man–made, part, portion
Sentences with heel as a noun:
- The ship gave a heel to port.
verb
1. tilt to one side
- The balloon heeled over
- the wind made the vessel heel
Similar word(s): list
Definition categories: motion, angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip
2. follow at the heels of a person
Definition categories: motion, follow
3. perform with the heels
- heel that dance
Definition categories: creation, dance
4. strike with the heel of the club
- heel a golf ball
Definition categories: contact, hit
5. put a new heel on
- heel shoes
Similar word(s): reheel
Definition categories: change, bushel, doctor, fix, mend, repair, restore