Definitions for forefoot

forefoot fore·foot

Spelling: [fawr-foo t, fohr-]
IPA: /ˈfɔrˌfʊt, ˈfoʊr-/

Forefoot is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in forefoot (effooort).

Definitions for forefoot

noun

  1. Zoology. one of the front feet of a quadruped, an insect, etc.
  2. Nautical. the point at which the stem of a hull joins the keel; the forward end of a keel. a curved member at this point in a wooden hull.

Origin of forefoot

First recorded in 1325-75, forefoot is from the Middle English word forfot, forefote. See fore-, foot

Examples for forefoot

She tried the bottom with her forefoot, then waded carefully into the deep stream.

But there was a winding, sinuous wake, and there was froth under her forefoot.

The horse gave us a gleam of his neck as he pawed a forefoot, just reined in.

Another twenty strokes and our craft's forefoot grounded on the beach.

Short seas slapped and gurgled at the forefoot with a pleasant sound.

The pony looked at it, then scratched four times with his forefoot on the platform.

His mount raised its head and beat a forefoot against the ground.

There was no mistaking it—that round shoe on the off forefoot.

Yes, her forefoot is sprung just where it joins the keel; she came down just on the joint.

We take up a forefoot and strike his shoe two or three times with a stone.

Word Value for forefoot
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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