heel

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Middle English hele, heel, from Old English hēla, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz (cf. Dutch hiel, Swedish häl), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“hock”). More at hock.

Noun [edit]

heel (plural heels)

Heel of a loaf of rye bread
  1. (anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
  2. The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
  3. On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
  4. The last or lowest part of anything; as, the heel of a mast or the heel of a vessel.
  5. (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
  6. (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
    • 1996, Ester Reiter, Making Fast Food: From the Frying Pan Into the Fryer (page 100)
      The bottom half, or the bun heel is placed in the carton, and the pickle slices spread evenly over the meat or cheese.
  7. A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
  8. (slang, professional wrestling) A wrestler whose on-ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits. Contrast with babyface.
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Terms derived from heel (noun, etmology 1)
Translations [edit]
(anatomy) part of the foot
part of shoe
on a long firearm
end-piece of a loaf of bread

Verb [edit]

heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)

  1. To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
  2. To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
  3. To kick with the heel.
  4. (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
    • Shakespeare
      I cannot sing, / Nor heel the high lavolt.
  5. (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
Translations [edit]
To follow at somebody's heels

Etymology 2 [edit]

Alteration of earlier heeld, from Middle English heelden, from Old English hyldan, hieldan (“to incline”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“to pour out”) ( > Danish hælde (“lean, pour”)). More at hield.

Verb [edit]

heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)

  1. (intransitive) To incline to one side, to tilt (especially of ships).
Translations [edit]
incline

Noun [edit]

heel (plural heels)

  1. The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
    The ship gave a heel to port.
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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Dutch heel, from Old Dutch *hēl, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (“healthy, whole”). Compare Low German heel, heil, hel, West Frisian hiel, German heil, English whole, hale, Danish hel.

Adjective [edit]

heel (comparative heler, superlative heelst)

  1. complete, full, whole

Declension [edit]

Declension of heel
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial heel heler
neuter
singular		 indefinite heel heler
definite hele helere heelste heelst, heelste
common singular hele helere heelste heelste
plural hele helere heelste heelste
partitive heels helers

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Adverb [edit]

heel

  1. very

Verb [edit]

heel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of helen
  2. imperative of helen

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