n A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
n (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
n (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
n The base or bottom of anything.
n The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
n The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
n A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
n (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
n (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
n (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
n (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
n (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
n (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
n (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
n (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
n (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
n (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
n (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
n (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
n (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
n (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
n Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
n Recognized condition; rank; footing.
v (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
v (transitive) To pay (a bill).
v To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
v To walk.
v (now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
v (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
v To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
v To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
n A surname.
n A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. [A unit of area equal to the area of a square whose sides are one foot long.]
n (informal) Ellipsis of square foot. A unit of area. [A unit of area equal to the area of a square whose sides are one foot long.]
n (informal) Ellipsis of cubic foot. A unit of volume. [A measure of volume or capacity equivalent to that of a cube having unit dimension of one foot; equals 28.32 litres.]