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

[ Syn: human foot , pes ]

(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

[ Syn: metrical foot , metrical unit ]

a support resembling a pedal extremity; one foot of the chair was on the carpet'

a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; he is six feet tall

[ Syn: ft ]

the lower part of anything; curled up on the foot of the bed; the foot of the page; the foot of the list; the foot of the mountain'

the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

[ Syn: animal foot ]

lowest support of a structure; it was built on a base of solid rock; he stood at the foot of the tower

[ Syn: foundation , base , fundament , groundwork , substructure , understructure ]

any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

[ Syn: invertebrate foot ]

travel by walking; he followed on foot; the swiftest of foot'

a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger

an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot

[ Syn: infantry ]

pay for something; pick up the tab; pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages; foot the bill

[ Syn: pick ]

walk; lets hoof it to the disco

[ Syn: leg it , hoof , hoof it ]

add a column of numbers

[ Syn: foot up ]