foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fo͝ot
ipa: /fʊt/
ipa: [fʊt]
ipa: [fʊt̚]
ipa: [fʊt̚]
ipa: [fʊtʰ]
ipa: [fɵʔt]
ipa: [fʉt]
ipa: [fʊt̚]
ipa: [fɤ̈t̚]
ipa: [fʷʊt̚]
ipa: [fɯ̽t̚]
note: Cape Flats, Indian South African
ipa: [fɤt]
rhymes: -ʊt
Forms: form: feet
form: foot
form: foote
form: feets
form: foots
Etymology: From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous.
Cognates
*Scots fit (“foot”)
*Yola voote (“foot”)
*North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”)
*Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”)
*West Frisian foet (“foot”)
*Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”)
*Dutch voet (“foot”)
*Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”)
*German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”)
*German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”)
*Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”)
*Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”)
*Mòcheno vuas (“foot”)
*Vilamovian füs (“foot”)
*Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”)
*Danish fod (“foot”)
*Faroese, Icelandic fótur (“foot”)
*Jamtish fót (“foot”)
*Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish fot (“foot”)
*Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).
Senses: examples: text: A spider has eight feet.
glosses: A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
examples: text: Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
text: And when I ſawe him, I fell at his feete as dead : and hee laid his right hand vpon me, ſaying vnto mee, Feare not, *I am the firſt,and the laſt.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 1:17:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
examples: text: We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
text: There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
glosses: Travel by walking.
examples: text: I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
glosses: The base or bottom of anything.
examples: text: We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
glosses: The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
examples: text: The host should sit at the foot of the table.
glosses: The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
examples: text: The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
glosses: A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
examples: text: The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.
text: My sis's just over six foot two.
text: No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter XX, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.
ref: 2024 September 27, Katie Hunt, “Scientists discover hidden ancient forest on treeless island”, in CNN:
glosses: A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
glosses: A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area.
glosses: A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
Ellipsis of cubic foot, a unit of volume.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
examples: text: King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
text: His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, Oxford: The Theater:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Foot soldiers; infantry.
examples: text: He removes a gold lighter from his pocket, flips it open, and waves the flame over the foot, taking short, sucking pulls off the head till it’s lit.
ref: 2022, Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You, 4th Estate (2023), page 128:
topics: cigars
lifestyle
glosses: The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
examples: text: To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The bottom edge of a sail.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
examples: text: (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: The globular lower domain of a protein.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
examples: text: To conſider the vvhole of the Subject, to read and think on all ſides, to object plainly, and anſvver directly, upon the foot of dry Reaſon and Argument, vvou'd be a very tedious and troubleſome Affair.
ref: 1732, George Berkeley, “The Sixth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section XXXI, page 121:
glosses: Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
examples: May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
As to his being on the foot of a servant.
glosses: Recognized condition; rank; footing.
Synonyms: word: pes
word: foot
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of length
word: inch
sense: unit of length
word: yard
sense: unit of length
word: mile
sense: end of a table
word: head
sense: end of a table
word: side
sense: bottom of a page
word: head
sense: bottom of a page
word: body
sense: bottom edge of a sail
word: head
sense: bottom edge of a sail
word: leech
sense: bottom edge of a sail
word: luff
sense: molecular domain
word: head
sense: molecular domain
word: cleft
sense: molecular domain
word: neck
sense: infantry
word: horse
Meronyms: word: bunion
word: heel
word: sole
word: toe
word: toenail
Derived terms: 10-foot user interface
12-foot
30
000-foot view
thirty-thousand-foot view
4-foot
6-foot
8-foot
a closed mouth gathers no feet
acre-foot
acre foot
afoot
ampere-foot
athlete's foot
back foot
backfoot
back foot shot
barefoot
bear's-foot
Beck Foot
best foot
Bigfoot
bind hand and foot
birdsfoot
bird's-foot
bird's-foot trefoil
board-foot
board foot
bumblefoot
by foot
Canal Foot
cat-foot
catsfoot
cat's-foot
Charcot foot
Chinese foot
clawfoot
cloven foot
club-foot
club foot
clubfoot
cocksfoot
cock's-foot
coltsfoot
colt's foot
colt's-foot
cootfoot
cowfoot
Crag Foot
crowfoot
crowsfoot
crow's foot
crow's-foot
cubic foot
dove's-foot
drop foot
dry-foot
duckfoot
duck's-foot
dunefoot
elephant foot yam
elephant's foot
Elephant's Foot
end-foot
fan-foot
fanfoot
featherfoot
fetlock
finfoot
fin-foot
first-foot
five-foot way
flatfoot
flat-foot
fleet of foot
foalfoot
footage
foot and mouth
foot-and-mouth disease
footbag
foot ball
football
foot-ball
footband
footbank
footbar
foot bath
foot-bath
footbath
footbed
footbinder
footbinding
footboard
footbone
footbound
footbow
footbox
footboy
foot brake
footbreadth
footbridge
footcandle
foot candle
foot-candle
footcare
foot chase
footcloth
footdragger
foot-dragger
foot-dragging
foot drop
footer
foot-fall
footfall
foot fault
footfault
foot feed
foot fetish
foot fetishism
footfighting
footfuck
footfucker
footful
footganger
foot-ganger
footgear
footglove
foot-goer
footgoer
footgolf
footguard
foot guard
footgun
foothalt
foot heater
foothill
foothold
footholder
foothole
foothook
foothot
footing
foot-in-mouth disease
foot-in-the-door technique
foot iron
foot it
foot-jaw
foot job
foot juggling
foot kiss
foot-lambert
foot landraker
footless
footlet
footlicker
foot lifter
footlight
foot-light
footlights
footlike
foot line
footling
foot locker
footlocker
footlog
footlong
footloose
foot louse
footly
footman
footmanship
foot mantle
footmark
footmeal
foot-mouth
footmuff
footnail
footnote
footpace
foot-pace
foot pace
footpad
foot pad
foot-pad
footpage
footpan
footpass
foot passenger
footpath
foot patrol
footpedal
foot peg
footpeg
foot per second
footplate
footpoint
footpole
footpost
foot post
foot-pound
foot-poundal
foot-pound-second
footprint
foot pump
footquake
foot race
footrace
footracer
footracing
footrail
foot rest
footrest
foot roller
footroom
footrope
footrot
foot rot
footrub
footrule
footrunner
foot-scamp
foot screw
footshake
footshock
footsie
footsie-wootsies
footslave
footslog
foot-slog
footslogger
footslope
footslut
footsock
foot soldier
footsoldiery
footsore
footspeed
footspur
foot-stalk
footstalk
footstall
footstep
foot stick
footstick
footstone
foot-stool
footstool
foot stove
footstrike
foot-strut split
footsure
footsweep
foot sweep
footswitch
foot-tapping
foot-ton
foot traffic
foot trap
foot-travel
foot trip
foot up
foot valve
foot voting
footwalk
footwall
footward
footwarmer
foot-warmer
foot warmer
footway
footwear
footwell
footwheel
foot-wobbler
footwoman
footwork
footworn
foot worship
footwrap
footwriting
forefoot
forty-foot equivalent unit
fotmal
four-foot
four foot
fox's foot
front-foot
front foot
front foot shot
futtock
get cold feet
get off on the right foot
get off on the wrong foot
get one's foot in the door
goat's foot
goatsfoot
goofy-foot
Greek foot
grinch foot
half foot
hand and foot
hand-foot-genital syndrome
hand-foot-mouth disease
hand-foot syndrome
harefoot
hare's-foot fern
hare's-foot
hare's foot
have a foot in both camps
have one foot in the grave
have one foot on a banana peel
have the black ox tread on one's foot
headfooter
head to foot
heavy-foot
hen's-foot
hindfoot
Hong Kong foot
hoppus foot
hornfoot
horse and foot
horsefoot
hotfoot
icefoot
ice-foot
ice foot
I'll go to the foot of our stairs
I'll go to the foot of the stairs
I'll go to the foot of my stairs
immersion foot
international foot
itchy feet
Japanese foot
jawfoot
Kenton Bank Foot
kick with the other foot
kilofoot
lambsfoot
leadfoot
leadfooted
Lightfoot
light-footed
light on one's feet
lily foot
linear foot
lion's foot
lobefoot
lotus foot
Luddenden Foot
Luddendenfoot
Madura foot
mast foot
megafoot
metric foot
midfoot
moccasin foot
my foot
neatsfoot
ninja foot
not touch something with a ten-foot pole
not touch with a ten-foot pole
of foot
off the back foot
one foot
on foot
on the back foot
on the front foot
on the right foot
on the wrong foot
outfoot
overfoot
paddlefoot
padfoot
pelican's foot
pigeonfoot
pigfoot
plant foot
polt-foot
polt foot
ponyfoot
presser foot
pseudofoot
puppy foot
pussyfoot
put a foot wrong
put foot to ass
put one foot in front of the other
put one's best foot foremost
put one's best foot forward
put one's foot down
put one's foot down on
put one's foot down upon
put one's foot in it
put one's foot in one's mouth
put one's foot in someone's ass
put one's foot up someone's ass
put the same shoe on every foot
put the shoe on the other foot
rabbit-foot
rabbit foot
rabbit's foot
rabbit's-foot fern
rearfoot
refoot
Roman foot
run someone off their feet
saltfoot
scalyfoot
scaly-foot gastropod
set foot on land
set on foot
sheepsfoot
sheep's foot
shoot oneself in the foot
show the cloven foot
sidefoot
side-foot
single-foot
singlefoot
six feet deep
six foot
slew-foot
slue-foot
snowshoe foot
sowfoot
spadefoot
spade foot
spade-foot
spear foot
spinefoot
splayfoot
square foot
stairfoot
start off on the right foot
start off on the wrong foot
step foot
stick one's foot in it
stick one's foot in one's mouth
stocking-foot
superfoot
swiftfoot
switchfoot
tanglefoot
tenderfoot
ten foot
tenfoot
the boot is on the other foot
the shoe is on the other foot
tie hand and foot
tiger-foot
tiger's-foot
trench foot
tube foot
turn of foot
twenty-foot equivalent unit
underfoot
U.S. survey foot
US survey foot
wait on someone hand and foot
wait upon hand and foot
waterfoot
webbed foot
webfoot
what foot the shoe is on
which foot the shoe is on
whorl foot
whose foot the shoe is on
wolf's-foot
wrong foot
wrong-foot
wrongfoot
you cannot put the same shoe on every foot
zone foot therapy
Related terms: word: pedal
word: relating to the foot
word: leg