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foot
noun(foot)
lowest support of a structure
Examples:
He stood at the foot of the tower.
foot
verb(foot)
pay for something
Synonyms: pick,
Examples:
Foot the bill.
foot
noun(foot)
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Synonyms: metrical foot, metrical unit,
foot
verb(foot)
add a column of numbers
Synonyms: foot up,
foot
noun(foot)
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
Synonyms: human foot, pes,
Examples:
Armored from head to foot.
foot
noun(foot)
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
Synonyms: ft,
foot
noun(foot)
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
Synonyms: invertebrate foot,
foot
verb(foot)
walk
Synonyms: hoof, hoof it, leg it,
foot
noun(foot)
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
Synonyms: animal foot,
foot
noun(foot)
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
Synonyms: infantry,
Examples:
There came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot.
foot
noun(foot)
a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
foot
noun(foot)
a support resembling a pedal extremity
Examples:
One foot of the chair was on the carpet.
foot
noun(foot)
the lower part of anything
Antonyms: head,
Examples:
Curled up on the foot of the bed.
The foot of the page.
The foot of the list.
The foot of the mountain.
foot
noun(foot)
travel by walking
Examples:
He followed on foot.
The swiftest of foot.

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