forefoot
noun
one of the front feet of a quadruped, an insect, etc.
forefeet
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pluralof forefoot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then the researchers calculated how various limb phases, or measurements of the time lag between forefeet and hindfeet, fit onto the trackways.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 2, 2022
"They were all typical forefeet impressions as if the animal had just been barely kicking bottom."
From Fox News ● Jan. 28, 2020
After all, goes the theory, if we were barefoot, and our feet and bodies were not ravaged by years of misuse and disuse, we would run on our forefeet like the Tarahumara Indians.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2014
They wanted to land lightly on their forefeet, or they wouldn’t be in FiveFingers, but there was a disconnect between their intentions and their actual movements.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2011
The field was quiet except for the thumping of soccer balls against forefeet and the rustling of the balls against the nylon nets hanging from the goals.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
