Foot

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

   “A spider has eight feet.”

2. isim Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.

   “Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.”

3. isim Travel by walking.

   “We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.”

4. isim The base or bottom of anything.

   “I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.”

5. isim The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.

   “We came and stood at the foot of the bed.”

6. isim The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.

   “The host should sit at the foot of the table.”

7. isim A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.

   “The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.”

8. isim A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.

   “The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.”

9. isim Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area.
10. isim Ellipsis of cubic foot, a unit of volume.
11. isim A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
12. isim Foot soldiers; infantry.

    “King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.”

13. isim The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.

    “He removes a gold lighter from his pocket, flips it open, and waves the flame over the foot, taking short, sucking pulls off the head till it’s lit.”

14. isim The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
15. isim The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
16. isim The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
17. isim The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
18. isim The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
19. isim The bottom edge of a sail.

    “To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.”

20. isim The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
21. fiil To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
22. fiil To pay (a bill).
23. fiil To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

    “There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,”

24. fiil To walk.

    “thieves do foot by night”

25. fiil To set foot on; to walk on.

    “[…] Or shepherd-boy, they featly foot the green”

26. fiil To set on foot; to establish; to land.

    “What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?”

27. fiil To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).

    “I'll sew nether stocks and mend them and foot them too”

28. fiil To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

    “to foot (or foot up) an account”

29. fiil To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.
30. özel isim A surname.

    “Michael Foot (1913–2010) was a British politician.”