foot
What is the Definition of foot?
Noun:
- the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
- a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
- the lower part of anything
- the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
- lowest support of a structure
- any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
- travel by walking
- 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
- (prosody)
- a support resembling a pedal extremity
Verb:
How can I use foot in a sentence?
He was going to smash right into that barrier and then he would be in trouble — leaning forward on his cart, he broke into a heavy run — the barrier was coming nearer and nearer — he would not be able to stop — the cart was out of control — he was a foot away — he closed his eyes ready for the crash — It did not come he kept on running he opened his eyes.
He leaned forward and pointed his broom handle down — next second he was gathering speed in a steep dive, racing the ball — wind whistled in his ears, mingled with the screams of people watching — he stretched out his hand — a foot from the ground he caught it, just in time to pull his broom straight, and he toppled gently onto the grass with the Remembrall clutched safely in his fist.
Uncle Vernon had been lying at the foot of the front door in a sleeping bag, clearly making sure that Harry did not do exactly what he would been trying to do.
The month-old video camera was lying on top of a small, working tank Dudley had once driven over the next door neighbor's dog; in the corner was Dudley's first-ever television set, which he would put his foot through when his favorite program had been canceled; there was a large birdcage, which had once held a parrot that Dudley had swapped at school for a real air rifle, which was up on a shelf with the end all bent because Dudley had sat on it.
There are some things you can not share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.
Other meanings of foot (synonyms, cognates).
| EN | RU | |
|---|---|---|
| foot |
|
|
| foot it |
|
|
| footage |
|
|
| football |
|
|
| footbridge |
|
|
| footer |
|
|
| foothill |
|
|
| foothold |
|
|
| footing |
|
|
| footlights |
|
|
| footman |
|
|
| footnote |
|
|
| footpath |
|
|
| footprint |
|
|
| footstep |
|
|
| footstool |
|
|
| footwear |
|