foot
//fʊt//
Forms
- Plural
- feet
- present (v1)
- foot
- past (v2)
- footed
- past participle (v3)
- footed
- present participle
- footing
- 3rd person singular
- foots
Definitions
1.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.
- A spider has eight feet.
2.Travel by walking.
- There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.
- We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
3.The base or bottom of anything.
- I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
4.Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
- Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
1.To pay (a bill).
2.To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
3.To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
4.To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #458
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Common
Related words
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”)