Definitions for feet

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IPA: /fit/

Feet is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in feet (eeft).

Definitions for feet

noun

1. a plural of foot.
2. (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
3. (in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function.
4. such a part considered as the organ of locomotion.
5. a unit of length, originally derived from the length of the human foot. It is divided into 12 inches and equal to 30.48 centimeters. Abbreviation: ft., f.
6. foot soldiers; infantry.
7. walking or running motion; pace:
8. quality or character of movement or motion; tread; step.
9. any part or thing resembling a foot, as in function, placement, shape, etc.
10. Furniture. a shaped or ornamented feature terminating a leg at its lower part. any of several short legs supporting a central shaft, as of a pedestal table.
11. a rim, flange, or flaring part, often distinctively treated, serving as a base for a table furnishing or utensil, as a glass, teapot, or candlestick.
12. the part of a stocking, sock, etc., covering the foot.
13. the lowest part, or bottom, of anything, as of a hill, ladder, page, etc.
14. a supporting part; base.
15. the part of anything opposite the top or head:
16. the end of a bed, grave, etc., toward which the feet are placed:
17. Printing. the part of the type body that forms the sides of the groove, at the base.
18. the last, as of a series.
19. that which is written at the bottom, as the total of an account.
20. Prosody. a group of syllables constituting a metrical unit of a verse.
21. Usually, foots. sediment or dregs. footlight (def 1).
22. Nautical. the lower edge of a sail.

Idioms

1. drag one's feet, to act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant to act, comply, etc.:
2. land / fall on one's feet, to be lucky or successful, especially after difficulties:
3. on one's feet, in a standing position. in an independent or secure position: in a restored or recovered state; able to continue:
4. sit at the feet of, to attend upon as a disciple or follower:
5. stand on one's own feet, to be financially self-supporting. to be independent: Also, stand on one's own two feet.
6. sweep one off one's feet, to impress or overwhelm by ability, enthusiasm, or charm:
7. get / have a / one's foot in the door, to succeed in achieving an initial stage or step.
8. get off on the right / wrong foot, to begin favorably or unfavorably:
9. have one foot in the grave. grave1 (def 5).
10. on foot, by walking or running, rather than by riding.
11. put one's best foot forward, to attempt to make as good an impression as possible. to proceed with all possible haste; hurry.
12. put one's foot down, to take a firm stand; be decisive or determined.
13. put one's foot in / into it, Informal. to make an embarrassing blunder. Also, put one's foot in/into one's mouth.
14. set foot on / in, to go on or into; enter:
15. under foot, in the way:

verb (used with object)

1. to walk or dance on:
2. to perform (a dance):
3. to traverse on or as if on foot.
4. to make or attach a foot to:
5. to pay or settle:
6. to add (a column of figures) and set the sum at the foot (often followed by up).
7. to seize with talons, as a hawk.
8. to establish.
9. Archaic. to kick, especially to kick away.
10. Obsolete. to set foot on.

verb (used without object)

1. to walk; go on foot (often followed by it):
2. to move the feet rhythmically, as to music or in dance (often followed by it).
3. (of vessels) to move forward; sail:

Origin of feet

before 900; Middle English; Old English fōt; cognate with German Fuss; akin to Latin pēs (stem ped-), Greek poús (stem pod-)

Examples for feet

Twelve hours afterward the snow, three feet deep on a level, has melted.

By contrast, a gun will allow a pilot to attack hostile forces that are less than 300 feet from friendly ground forces.

The wreckage lies no more than around 100 feet down in the Java Sea.

It proved to be a sign some twenty feet high and a whole block long.

With a faint shriek, Eudora sprung forward, and threw herself at his feet.

He had the air of laying at her feet, as a rug, the whole glorious history of France.

The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.

Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.

I sprang to my feet and took immediate measures to extinguish the flames.

“Wait…” Suddenly a huge, graceful black marlin leaps out of the water, sending a shower of water ten feet high.