foot

/fˈʊt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
   “his bare feet projected from his trousers”
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”
4. the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
5. lowest support of a structure
   “it was built on a base of solid rock”
6. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
7. travel by walking
   “he followed on foot”
8. a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
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
11. a support resembling a pedal extremity
    “one foot of the chair was on the carpet”

verb

1. pay for something
   “pick up the tab”
2. walk
   “let's hoof it to the disco”
3. add a column of numbers

Synonyms for foot

• human foot
• pes
• ft
• animal foot
• foundation
• base
• fundament
• groundwork
• substructure
• understructure
• invertebrate foot
• infantry
• metrical foot
• metrical unit
• pick
• leg it
• hoof
• hoof it
• foot up

Antonyms of foot

• head

Words that rhyme with foot

• put
• output
• input
• afoot
• barefoot
• caput
• coltsfoot
• soot
• underfoot
• forefoot
• goosefoot
• pussyfoot
• throughput
• barfoot
• foote
• lightfoot
• proudfoot