foot
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
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[edit] Noun
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foot (plural feet)
- (countable) 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. transl.
- A spider has eight feet.
- (countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. transl.
- Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
- (uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking.
- We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
- There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
- (countable) The base or bottom of anything. transl.
- I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
- (countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
- We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
- (countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. coord.
- The host should sit at the foot of the table.
- (countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. transl.
- The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
- (countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. usage coord.
- Most people are less than six feet tall.
- (military, plural only; not used in singular form) Foot soldiers; infantry. coord.
- King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
- (countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
- (countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
- (countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. coord.
- (countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. transl.
- (countable, 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.
- (countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail. coord. transl.
- To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
- (countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
- (countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
- (countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. coord.
- (countable, geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
[edit] Usage notes
- (unit of length def.): The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is feet, but in many contexts, foot itself may be used (“a six-foot tall man”). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.[1]
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun foot
- See also feet#Derived terms
[edit] Coordinate terms
- (unit of length def. transl.): inch, yard, mile
- (end of a table def.): head, sides
- (bottom of a page def.): head, body
- (bottom edge of a sail def. transl.): head, leech, luff
- (molecular domain def.): head, cleft, neck
- (infantry def.): horse
[edit] Translations
part of animal’s body def.
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part of human body def.
bottom of anything def.
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projection on equipment def.
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measure of rhythm def.
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[edit] See also
- pedal, relating to the foot
[edit] Verb
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to foot (third-person singular simple present foots, present participle footing, simple past and past participle footed)
- (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- (transitive) To pay (a bill).
- (linguistics, transitive) To parse into metrical feet.
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[edit] Translations
kick
pay
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[edit] References
- Notes:
- ^ Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”,[1] in Mark Israel, the alt.usage.english FAQ.
[edit] French
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[edit] Noun
foot m.
- (uncountable) (colloquial) football (soccer)
- Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs de foot du monde.
- Toutes les semaines, il regarde du foot à la télé.
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