foot /fʊt/
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"
synset: 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"
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"
synset: foot
4. the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
synset: 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"
synset: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
6. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
synset: foot, invertebrate_foot
7. travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
synset: foot
8. a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
synset: foot
9. an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
10. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
synset: metrical_foot, foot, metrical_unit
11. a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
synset: foot
1. pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
2. walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"
synset: foot, leg_it, hoof, hoof_it
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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