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Diagram including thefoot of a piece of type.a face,b body or shank,c point size,1 shoulder,2 nick,3 groove,4foot.

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfot,fote,foot, fromOld Englishfōt, fromProto-West Germanic*fōt, fromProto-Germanic*fōts, fromProto-Indo-European*pṓds.Doublet ofpes,pie(“Spanish unit of length”), andpous.

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Noun

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foot (pluralfeetor(unit of measure, UK colloquial)foot)

  1. A biological structure found in manyanimals that is used forlocomotion and that is frequently a separateorgan at the terminal part of theleg.
    A spider has eightfeet.
  2. (anatomy) Specifically, ahuman foot, which is found below theankle and is used forstanding andwalking.
    Southern Italy is shaped like afoot.
  3. (often used attributively) Travel bywalking.
    We went there byfoot because we could not afford a taxi.
    There is a lot offoot traffic on this street.
  4. Thebase orbottom of anything.
    I'll meet you at thefoot of the stairs.
  5. The part of aflat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
    We came and stood at thefoot of the bed.
  6. The end of a rectangulartable opposite thehead.
    The host should sit at thefoot of the table.
  7. A short foot-likeprojection on the bottom of an object to support it.
    Thefeet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
  9. Aunit of measure equal to twelveinches or onethird of ayard, equal to exactly 30.48centimetres.
    The flag pole, which is 20feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.
    My sis's just over sixfoot two.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter XX, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      No. I only opened the door afoot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.
    • 2024 September 27, Katie Hunt, “Scientists discover hidden ancient forest on treeless island”, inCNN‎[2]:
      No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.
    1. (informal)Ellipsis ofsquare foot, a unit ofarea.
    2. (informal)Ellipsis ofcubic foot, a unit ofvolume.
  10. (music) A unit of measure fororganpipes equal to thewavelength of twooctaves abovemiddle C, approximately 328 mm.
  11. (collective, military) Foot soldiers;infantry.
    King John went to battle with ten thousandfoot and one thousand horse.
  12. (cigars) The end of acigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
    • 2022,Jonathan Escoffery,If I Survive You,4th Estate (2023), page128:
      He removes a gold lighter from his pocket, flips it open, and waves the flame over thefoot, taking short, sucking pulls off the head till it’s lit.
  13. (sewing) The part of asewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  15. (printing) The bottommost part of atyped orprinted page.
  16. (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of thegroove.
  17. (prosody) The basic measure ofrhythm in apoem.
  18. (phonology) The parsing of syllables intoprosodicconstituents, which are used to determine the placement ofstress in languages along with the notions of constituentheads.
  19. (nautical) The bottom edge of asail.
    To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on thefoot of the sail.
  20. (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls areracked.
  21. (botany) In abryophyte, that portion of asporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parentgametophyte plant.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page 4:
      (b) sporophyte withfoot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
  22. (malacology) The muscular part of abivalvemollusc or agastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  23. (molecular biology) The globular lowerdomain of aprotein.
  24. (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
  25. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
  26. Recognized condition; rank;footing.
    • May 20, 1742,Horace Walpole,letter to Horace Mann
      As to his being on thefoot of a servant.

Usage notes

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  • (unit of length):
    • The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement isfeet, but in some contexts,foot itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.[1] In the UK, however,foot is colloquially used as a plural in all contexts for the unit of measure, even where such usage would not be natural in other varieties of English.
    • It is sometimes abbreviated', such as in tables, lists or drawings.

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Translations

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part of human body
part of animal’s body
bottom of anything
projection on equipment
unit of measure
metrical foot—seemetrical foot
bottom edge of a sail
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See also

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  • pedal, relating to the foot

Verb

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foot (third-person singular simple presentfoots,present participlefooting,simple past and past participlefooted)

  1. (transitive) To use the foot tokick (usually aball).
  2. (transitive) Topay (a bill).
  3. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
  4. To walk.
  5. (now rare) Toset foot on; to walk on.
    • 1722,Thomas Tickell,Kensington Gardens:
      […] Or shepherd-boy, they featlyfoot the green
    • 1937,Zora Neale Hurston,Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published2013, page84:
      People who would not have dared tofoot the place before crept in and did not come to the house.
  6. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
  7. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
    • 19th century,William Shakespeare,Henry the Fourth Part 1 (modern edited version)
      I'll sew nether stocks and mend them andfoot them too
  8. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes withup.
    tofoot (or foot up) an account
  9. (Ireland, transitive) Tospread out andstack up (turfsods) to allow them todry.

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Translations

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kick
pay
spread out and stack up turf sods
  • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
  • Irish:gróig
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References

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  1. ^Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”,[1] in Mark Israel, thealt.usage.english FAQ.

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Etymology

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Clipping offootball.Doublet ofpied.

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Noun

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foot m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial)association football;football,soccer
    Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs defoot du monde.
    Zidane is one of the bestfootball players in the world.
    Toutes les semaines, il regarde dufoot à la télé.
    Every week, he watchesfootball on TV.
  2. (colloquial, uncommon)footy (a nickname for several different football codes)

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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foot

  1. alternative form offot

Etymology 2

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Verb

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foot

  1. alternative form offoten
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