Foot - Definition

n 1: the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint;
"his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from
head to foot" [syn: foot, human foot, pes]
2: a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a
yard; "he is six feet tall" [syn: foot, ft]
3: the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the
bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the
foot of the mountain" [ant: head]
4: the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
[syn: animal foot, foot]
5: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn:
foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork,
substructure, understructure]
6: any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in
invertebrates [syn: foot, invertebrate foot]
7: travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of
foot"
8: a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as
a passenger
9: an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there
came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
[syn: infantry, foot]
10: (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit
of poetic rhythm [syn: metrical foot, foot, metrical
unit]
11: a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the
chair was on the carpet"
v 1: pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden
of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" [syn: foot,
pick]
2: walk; "let's hoof it to the disco" [syn: foot, leg it,
hoof, hoof it]
3: add a column of numbers [syn: foot, foot up]