foot

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, verb
+ noun
(plural feet )
part of body
1 [C] the lowest part of the leg, below the ankle, on which a person or an animal stands: My feet are aching. + to get / rise to your feet (= stand up) + I've been on my feet (= standing or walking around) all day. + We came on foot (= we walked). + Come on lads-on your feet and do some work! + walking around the house in bare feet (= not wearing shoes or socks) + Daniel was shifting anxiously from foot to foot. + a foot brake / pump (= operated using your foot, not your hand) + a foot passenger (= one who travels on a ferry without a car) + a foot soldier (= one without a vehicle or horse)
See also - ATHLETE'S FOOT, BAREFOOT, CLUB FOOT, UNDERFOOT
-footed
2 (in adjectives and adverbs) having or using the type or number of foot/feet mentioned: bare-footed + four-footed + a left-footed shot into the corner
See also - FLAT-FOOTED, SURE-FOOTED
part of sock
3 [C, usually sing.] the part of a sock, STOCKING, etc. that covers the foot
base / bottom
4 [sing.] the ~ of sth the lowest part of sth; the base or bottom of sth: the foot of the stairs / page / mountain + The nurse hung a chart at the foot of the bed (= the part of the bed where your feet normally are when you are lying in it).
measurement
5 (plural feet or foot) (abbreviation ft) a unit for measuring length equal to 12 INCHES or 30.48 CENTIMETRES: a 6-foot high wall + We're flying at 35 000 feet. + 'How tall are you?' 'Five foot nine' (= five feet and nine inches).
-footer
6 (in compound nouns) a person or thing that is a particular number of feet tall or long: His boat is an eighteen-footer. + Both my brothers are six-footers.
in poetry
7 [sing.] (technical) a unit of rhythm in a line of poetry containing one stressed syllable and one or more syllables without stress. Each of the four divisions in the following line is a foot: For men / may come / and men / may go.
Idioms: be rushed / run off your feet to be extremely busy; to have too many things to do: Weekdays are slow in the restaurant, but at weekends the staff are rushed off their feet.
fall / land on your feet to be lucky in finding yourself in a good situation, or in getting out of a difficult situation: You landed on your feet, getting such a well-paid job with so little experience. + Jim's always getting himself in trouble, but he usually seems to fall on his feet.
get / have a / your foot in the door to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success: I always wanted to work in TV but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.
get / start off on the right / wrong foot (with sb) (informal) to start a relationship well/badly: I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss.
have feet of clay to have a fault or weakness in your character: When the actor was imprisoned for drug offences, his fans were upset to find that their hero had feet of clay.
have / keep your feet on the ground to have a sensible and realistic attitude to life: In spite of his overnight stardom he still manages to keep his feet on the ground.
have / keep a foot in both camps to be involved in or connected with two different or opposing groups
have one foot in the grave (informal) to be so old or ill that you are not likely to live much longer
...my foot! (informal, humorous) a strong way of saying that you disagree completely with what has just been said: 'Ian can't come because he's tired.' 'Tired my foot! Lazy more like!'
on your feet completely well or in a normal state again after an illness or a time of trouble: Sue's back on her feet again after her operation. + The new chairman hopes to get the company back on its feet within six months.
put your best foot forward to make a great effort to do sth, especially if it is difficult or you are feeling tired
put your feet up to sit down and relax, especially with your feet raised and supported: After a hard day's work, it's nice to get home and put your feet up.
put your foot down
1 to be very strict in opposing what sb wishes to do: You've got to put your foot down and make him stop seeing her.
2 (BrE) to drive faster: She put her foot down and roared past them.
put your foot in it (BrE) (also put your foot in your mouth AmE, BrE) to say or do sth that upsets, offends or embarrasses sb: I really put my foot in it with Ella-I didn't know she'd split up with Tom.
put a foot wrong (usually used in negative sentences) to make a mistake: In the last two games he has hardly put a foot wrong.
set foot in / on sth to enter or visit a place: the first man to set foot on the moon + I vowed never to set foot in the place again.
set sb/sth on their / its feet to make sb/sth independent or successful: His business sense helped set the club on its feet again.
stand on your own (two) feet to be independent and able to take care of yourself: When his parents died he had to learn to stand on his own two feet.
under your feet in the way; stopping you from working, etc: I don't want you kids under my feet while I'm cooking.
more at BOOT n., COLD adj., DRAG v., FIND v., GRASS n., GROUND n., HAND n., HEAD n., ITCHY, LEFT adj., PATTER n., PULL v., SHOE n., SHOOT v., SIT, STOCKING, SWEEP v., THINK v., VOTE v., WAIT v., WALK v., WEIGHT n., WORLD
verb
Idioms: foot the bill (informal) to be responsible for paying the cost of sth: Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill. + Who will be footing the bill for the party?

Collocation dictionary

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¹ part of the body

ADJ.

left, right | back, front

He shifted his weight onto his back foot.

| dainty (little), small | big, enormous | narrow, wide | flat

He was excused military service because of his flat feet.

| bare

It's dangerous to walk on the beach in/with bare feet.

| blistered, swollen | dirty, smelly, unwashed | booted, stockinged

the rumble of many booted feet on the bridge He padded across the room in his stockinged feet (= wearing socks but no shoes).

| webbed

Ducks' webbed feet help them to swim.

| silent

He slipped across the corridor on silent feet.

| leaden

(figurative) He walked towards the examination room with leaden feet (= slowly).

| winged

(figurative) She flew on winged feet (= fast)up the narrow stair.

VERB + FOOT

get to, jump to, leap to, rise to, scramble to

He got shakily to his feet.

| be on

I've been on my feet all day and I need to sit down for a rest.

| plant, put

I planted my feet firmly on the chair and reached up to the top window. She put her foot down on the accelerator and the car lurched forward.

| raise

He raised his foot off the accelerator pedal.

| stamp | swing

He swung a foot at the ball but missed completely.

| shuffle | drag

She dragged her feet as she reluctantly followed her parents.

| wipe

Wipe your feet when you come in from the street.

| tread on

That man trod on my foot and he didn't even apologize.

FOOT + VERB

catch

His foot caught in the cable and he fell under the train.

| slip

My foot slipped as I was about to shoot and I missed the ball.

| crunch, patter, pound, shuffle

I heard feet crunching over the gravel outside the house.

| dangle

I sat by the river with my feet dangling in the water.

| kick

They carried him out of the room with his feet kicking.

| sink

My feet sank deep into the mud.

FOOT + NOUN

massage | injury | passenger, soldier

Foot passengers were allowed to leave the ferry before the vehicles.

| patrol

soldiers on foot patrol

PREP.

beneath/under your ~

The snow crunched beneath her feet.

| from ~ to ~

They looked unsure and shifted uneasily from foot to foot.

| on ~

The city is best explored on foot.

| in the/your ~

He's broken several bones in his left foot.

| with the/your ~

She kicked the ball with her right foot.

PHRASES

the ball of the/your foot

I squatted down to speak to the boy, balancing on the balls of my feet.

| from head to foot

She was dressed from head to foot in green velvet.

| put your feet up

He likes to put his feet up and watch TV when he gets home.

| set foot in/on sth

Cook claimed to be the first European to set foot in Australia.

| the sole of the/your foot

The soles of my feet were covered in blisters.

² measurement

MEASURE:

and measures ~ of I always drink gallons of water.

half a, a quarter of a ~ half a litre of milk

a half/quarter hour, inch, mile, ounce, pint, pound They used to sell corned beef at 2d a quarter pound.

cubic, square ~ One litre is equivalent to 1,000 cubic centimetres.

~ square The room is about 15 metres square.

~ broad, deep, high, long, tall, thick, wide The new dock was 230 m long and 92 m broad.

~ bigger, cooler, faster, heavier, lighter, slower, etc. The climate was several degrees warmer than it is now.

about, approximately, around ~ 1 foot = approx. 0.3 metres

be, cover, measure, span, stretch (for) ~ used with measures of distance and area The National Park covers 3,000 acres. The sandy beach stretches for over four miles.

be, weigh ~ used with measures of weight She weighed over ten stone.

be, last, take ~ used with measures of time It takes approximately 365 and a quarter days for the earth to revolve around the sun.

in a ~ How many centilitres are there in a litre?

in ~s We were asked to estimate the temperature of the room in degrees.

to a/the ~ My car does 10 miles to the litre.

a, per ~ They're 99p a dozen. a safety threshold of 50 mg of nitrates per litre

by the ~ Apples are sold by the kilogram.

of ~ The path will be built to a width of 2 metres.

~ in area, length, volume, weight, size, etc. Killer whales are up to ten metres in length.

~ by ~ a huge room measuring 50 m by 18 m

to the nearest ~ Give your answer to the nearest metre.

More information about MEASURE

Concise English dictionary

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feet|foots|footed|footingfʊt
noun
+a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
+the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
+the lower part of anything
+travel by walking
+the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
+a support resembling a pedal extremity
+lowest support of a structure
+any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
+an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
+a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
+(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
verb
+pay for something
+walk
+add a column of numbers

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