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US
/ˈfʊt/
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[ UK /fˈʊt/ ]
[ UK /fˈʊt/ ]
NOUN
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a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
he is six feet tall -
the lower part of anything
the foot of the page
the foot of the list
the foot of the mountain
curled up on the foot of the bed -
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot - any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
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a support resembling a pedal extremity
one foot of the chair was on the carpet - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
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the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
his bare feet projected from his trousers
armored from head to foot -
travel by walking
he followed on foot
the swiftest of foot -
lowest support of a structure
it was built on a base of solid rock
he stood at the foot of the tower
VERB
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walk
let's hoof it to the disco -
pay for something
pick up the tab
foot the bill
pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages - add a column of numbers
How To Use foot In A Sentence
- Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
- Which of them will prefer football and which the ant nest, we'll have to wait and see.
- Regardless of the outcome of the trial, the whole episode has been a huge embarrassment to English football.
- The major problem is punters here expect a diet of top-class football along with decent grub. The Sun
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women. The Sun
- Only a few minutes had gone when the Welshman flung in an inviting right-foot cross to the back post.
- It also provides ample cushioning with shock-absorbing HydroFlow technology in the heel and forefoot, and has a water-repellant upper.
- The beak is smoth, black, convex and cultrated; one and 1/8 inches from the point to the opening of the chaps and 3/4 only uncovered with feathers; the upper chap exceeds the other a little in length. a few small black hairs garnish the sides of the base of the upper chap. the eye is of a uniform deep sea green or black, moderately large. it's legs feet and tallons are white; the legs are an inch and a 1/4 in length and smoth; four toes on each foot, of which that in front is the same length with the leg including the length of the tallon, which is 4 lines; the three remaining toes are The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
- In a second or three, take one high stakes football match, throw in that controversial miscall, stir it up with loads of angry fans, whisk in a few politicians, let it bake overnight and what you end up with is a tasty football ferrora (ph). CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009
