heel
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English hele, heel, from Old English hēla, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz (compare North Frisian hael, Dutch hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl Swedish häl), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
Noun
heel (plural heels)
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- (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
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- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.
- (usually in the plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
- 2008, Kwame Shauku, Wonderful Williams and the Magnificent Seven, page 257:
- She'd been wearing heels, and fell backward off her right heel and twisted or broke her ankle.
- 2011, Candace Irvine, A Dangerous Engagement:
- Opting to improve her odds of making it up the stairs and into the privacy of her room, she kicked off her left heel, and then her right before leaning down to scoop them up.
- 2015, Alex Blackmore, Killing Eva:
- Flat shoes. As she pushed off her left heel and pressed the sole of her foot to the cold floor she looked forward to them.
- (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- the heel of a mast
- the heel of a vessel
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- the heel of a hunt
- (US, Ireland) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
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- the heel of the white loaf
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- (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.
- A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
- 1992, Bruce Lincoln, Discourse and the Construction of Society, page 158:
- Freedman began his analysis by noting two important facts about professional wrestling: First, that heels triumph considerably more often than do babyfaces […]
- (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
- (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- (architecture, workman slang) A cyma reversa.
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- (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
- (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
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Verb
heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- She called to her dog to heel.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
- (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
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- I cannot sing, / Nor heel the high lavolt.
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- (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
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Etymology 2
Alteration of earlier heeld, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English heelden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hyldan, hieldan (“to incline”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“to pour out”) (from Danish hælde (“lean, pour”)). More at hield.
Verb
heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)
- (intransitive, especially of ships) To incline to one side; to tilt.
- 1764, John Nourse, Navigation Or, the Art of Sailing Upon the Sea, page 65:
- The faster a ship sails, the better she will answer her helm; if she sail very slow, she will scarce steer at all. If she heel much, she won't answer the helm so well.
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Noun
heel (plural heels)
- The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
- The ship gave a heel to port.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hêel, from Old Dutch hēl, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
Adjective
heel (comparative heler, superlative heelst)
Inflection
Declension of heel | ||||
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uninflected | heel | |||
inflected | hele | |||
comparative | heler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | heel | heler | het heelst het heelste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | hele | helere | heelste |
n. sing. | heel | heler | heelste | |
plural | hele | helere | heelste | |
definite | hele | helere | heelste | |
partitive | heels | helers | — |
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Adverb
heel
Usage notes
Although an adverb, heel may be inflected as well (hele) to match the following adjective, by analogy with the inflection of adjectives in Dutch.
. For example, both of these sentences are correct:
- Dat is een heel grote boom.
- That is a very large tree.
- Dat is een hele grote boom.
- That is a very large tree.
The latter form may be regarded as informal and less appropriate for formal writing.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
heel
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of helen
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of helen
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Luxembourgish
Verb
heel
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch hēl, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
Adjective
hêel
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: heel
Further reading
- “heel (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “heel (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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