Meaning & Definition of Foot in English

1. 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"

2. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

• "He is six feet tall"

3. 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"

4. The pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

5. Lowest support of a structure

• "It was built on a base of solid rock"

• "He stood at the foot of the tower"

6. Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

7. Travel by walking

• "He followed on foot"

• "The swiftest of foot"

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

9. An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot

• "There came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"

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

11. A support resembling a pedal extremity

• "One foot of the chair was on the carpet"

1. Pay for something

• "Pick up the tab"

• "Pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"

• "Foot the bill"

2. Walk

• "Let's hoof it to the disco"

3. Add a column of numbers