[ US /ˈfʊt/ ]
[ UK /fˈʊt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
    he is six feet tall
  2. 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
  3. an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
    there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
  4. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
  5. a support resembling a pedal extremity
    one foot of the chair was on the carpet
  6. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
  7. the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
  8. a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
  9. 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
  10. travel by walking
    he followed on foot
    the swiftest of foot
  11. lowest support of a structure
    it was built on a base of solid rock
    he stood at the foot of the tower
VERB
  1. walk
    let's hoof it to the disco
  2. pay for something
    pick up the tab
    foot the bill
    pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
  3. add a column of numbers
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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
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