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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
- 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.
- 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.
- First to unfold were the two 14-foot-wide drogue chutes, which oriented the craft and continued slowing it.
- I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
- The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
- 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.
