Heel

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

   “He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged heels and then his armed head.”

2. isim The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
3. isim The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
4. isim The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.

   “He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.”

5. isim A high-heeled shoe.

   “She'd been wearing heels, and fell backward off her right heel and twisted or broke her ankle.”

6. isim The back, upper part of the stock.
7. isim The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
8. isim The last or lowest part of anything.

   “the heel of a mast”

9. isim A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.

   “the heel of the white loaf”

10. isim The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.

    “The bottom half, or the bun heel is placed in the carton, and the pickle slices spread evenly over the meat or cheese.”

11. isim A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate, or thoughtless person.

    “I grinned at him sneeringly. I was the heel to end all heels. Wait until the man is down, then kick him and kick him again. He's weak. He can't resist or kick back.”

12. isim A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.

    “Freedman began his analysis by noting two important facts about professional wrestling: First, that heels triumph considerably more often than do babyfaces[…]”

13. isim The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
14. isim Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
15. isim The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
16. isim The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
17. isim A cyma reversa.

    “Of these there are two Kinds; in the one, that Part which has the greatest Projecture is Concave, and is term'd Doucine, or an Upright Ogee; in the other, the Convex Part has the greatest Projecture; and this is call'd the Heel, or Inverted Ogee.”

18. isim The short side of an angled cut.
19. isim The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
20. isim The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead, as opposed to the toe (upper end).
21. fiil To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.

    “She called to her dog to heel.”

22. fiil To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).
23. fiil To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
24. fiil To kick with the heel.

    “she heeled her horse forward”

25. fiil To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.

    “I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt.”

26. fiil To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
27. fiil To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
28. fiil To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
29. fiil At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
30. fiil To incline to one side; to tilt.

    “The faster a ship sails, the better she will answer her helm; if she sail very slow, she will scarce steer at all. If she heel much, she won't answer the helm so well.”