Results for foot
Definitions of foot:
part of speech: verb transitive
To add a foot to, as a stocking; add figures in a column; colioquially, to pay; as, to foot the bill.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To dance; to walk; - pr. p. footing; pa. p. foot'ed.
part of speech: noun
That part of the leg on which an animal walks or stands; the lower part, base, foundation, or end of anything; that part of a boot or stocking which receives the foot; a measure equal to twelve inches; unmounted soldiers; a number of syllables making part of a verse.
part of speech: noun
The lower part, base, or bottom of anything; that on which any animal or thing stands; a measure of 12 inches; a step or pace; the division of a line of poetry.
part of speech: verb
To kick; to tread; to dance; to trip to music.
part of speech: noun
That part of its body on which an animal stands or walks; the lower part or base; a measure- 12 in. ( orig.) the length of a man's foot; foot soldiers; a division of a line of poetry; - pl. FEET ( fet).
Usage examples for foot:
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Superintendent Galloway picked up one by the foot of the bed, and I picked up the other under the broken gas- globe.
"The Shrieking Pit", Arthur J. Rees -
" Nor I ain't set foot in it.
"Country Neighbors", Alice Brown -
As Esther was on foot Mr. Hazard said he would see her to her door, and they walked away together.
"Esther", Henry Adams -
He looked him from head to foot
"Mary Magdalen", Edgar Saltus