foot

such a part considered as the organ of locomotion.

a unit of length, originally derived from the length of the human foot. It is divided into 12 inches and equal to 30.48 centimeters. Abbreviation: ft., f.

foot soldiers; infantry.

walking or running motion; pace: swift of foot.

quality or character of movement or motion; tread; step.

any part or thing resembling a foot, as in function, placement, shape, etc.

Furniture.

a rim, flange, or flaring part, often distinctively treated, serving as a base for a table furnishing or utensil, as a glass, teapot, or candlestick.

the part of a stocking, sock, etc., covering the foot.

the lowest part, or bottom, of anything, as of a hill, ladder, page, etc.

a supporting part; base.

the part of anything opposite the top or head: He waited patiently at the foot of the checkout line.

the end of a bed, grave, etc., toward which the feet are placed: Put the blanket at the foot of the bed, please.

Printing. the part of the type body that forms the sides of the groove, at the base.

the last, as of a series.

that which is written at the bottom, as the total of an account.

Prosody. a group of syllables constituting a metrical unit of a verse.

Usually foots .

Nautical. the lower edge of a sail.

(of vessels) to move forward; sail: to foot briskly across the open water.

to traverse on or as if on foot.

to make or attach a foot to: to foot a stocking.

to pay or settle: I always end up footing the bill.

to add (a column of figures) and set the sum at the foot (often followed by up).

to seize with talons, as a hawk.

to establish.

Archaic. to kick, especially to kick away.

Obsolete. to set foot on.

any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates, including molluscs

botany the lower part of some plant structures, as of a developing moss sporophyte embedded in the parental tissue

any part resembling a foot in form or function: the foot of a chair

the lower part of something; base; bottom: the foot of the page; the foot of a hill

the end of a series or group: the foot of the list

manner of walking or moving; tread; step: a heavy foot

any of various attachments on a sewing machine that hold the fabric in position, such as a presser foot for ordinary sewing and a zipper foot

music

printing

prosody a group of two or more syllables in which one syllable has the major stress, forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

a foot in the door an action, appointment, etc, that provides an initial step towards a desired goal, esp one that is not easily attainable

kick with the wrong foot Scot and Irish to be of the opposite religion to that which is regarded as acceptable or to that of the person who is speaking

my foot! an expression of disbelief, often of the speaker's own preceding statement: he didn't know, my foot! Of course he did!

of foot archaic in manner of movement: fleet of foot

on foot

one foot in the grave informal near to death

on the right foot informal in an auspicious manner

on the wrong foot informal in an inauspicious manner

put a foot wrong to make a mistake

put one's best foot forward

put one's foot down informal

put one's foot in it informal to blunder

set on foot to initiate or start (something)

tread under foot to oppress

under foot on the ground; beneath one's feet

(tr) to pay the entire cost of (esp in the phrase foot the bill)

(usually foll by up) archaic, or dialect to add up