foot meaning

Noun: foot (feet)  fût

1. The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
   "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armoured from head to foot"
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Verb: foot  fût

1. Pay for something
   "foot the bill"
   - pick 
2. Walk
   - leg it, hoof, hoof it 
3. Add a column of numbers
   - foot up

Derived forms: feet, foots, footed, footing

See also: footer

Type of: add, add together, army unit, beat, bottom, cadence, intelligence agent, intelligence officer, linear measure, linear unit, measure, meter [US], metre [Brit, Cdn], operative, organ, pay, pedal extremity, secret agent, spook, spy, support, vertebrate foot, walk

Antonym: head

Part of: construction, homo, human, human being, invertebrate, leg, man, pace, structure, yard

Encyclopedia: Foot

[Business]
noun, verb

■ noun [C] (plural feet // or foot)

a unit for measuring length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres

IDIOMS

be run/rushed off your feet

to be extremely busy; to have too many things to do:

Weekdays are slow in the restaurant, but at weekends the staff are rushed off their feet.

get your feet wet (especially AmE) (informal)

to start doing sth new:

This is a good way of getting your feet wet in e-commerce.

get/have a/your foot in the door

to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success:

They wanted to get a foot in the door of the developing telecoms industry.

on your feet

in a normal state again after a period of trouble or difficulty:

The new chairman hopes to get the company back on its feet within six months.

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■ verb

IDIOMS

foot the bill (informal)

to be responsible for paying the cost of sth:

Manufacturers will have to foot the bill for recycling their products.

Your employer might foot the bill for a part-time MBA course.

[Electronics]
Abbreviation, ft. A unit of linear measure in the English system equal to 0.3048 meter.

[Mechanics]
"The unit of length in the British systems of units, equal to exactly 0.3048 meter. Abbreviated ft."

[Medicine]
The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates,consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE),METATARSUS,phalanges,and the soft tissues surrounding these bones. n pl feet also foot
1 : the terminal part of the vertebrate leg upon which an individual stands
2 : any of various units of length based on the length of the human foot; esp : a unit equal to 1/3 yard or 12 inches or 30.48 centimeters —pl. foot used between a number and a noun ‹a 10-foot pole› —pl. feet or foot used between a number and an adjective ‹6 feet tall›

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1. barbicane was the first to set foot on dock.
2. the toes of his right foot felt odd.
3. the soldiers encamped at the foot of the hill.
4. his foot was painful, but not broken.
5. you can see the foot prints in the mud.