Definition of Foot

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Definition of Foot

Foot

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.

That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.

Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.

Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.

A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

The lower edge of a sail.

To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.

To kick with the foot; to spurn.

To set on foot; to establish; to land.

To tread; as, to foot the green.

To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.

The size or strike with the talon.

To renew the foot of, as of stocking.

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Foot Quotations

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
Buddha

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.
George Carlin

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
Napoleon Hill

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.
John Lennon

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.
Friedrich Nietzsche

A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.
Mitch Hedberg

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.
Martin Luther

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.
Leonardo da Vinci

Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.
Pope John Paul II

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
Horace Walpole

Foot Translations

foot in Afrikaans is poot, voet
foot in Danish is fod, pote
foot in Dutch is voet
foot in Finnish is jalka
foot in Italian is base, gamba, zampa, piede
foot in Latin is pes pedis
foot in Norwegian is fot
foot in Spanish is pie, basa
foot in Swedish is stativ, fot

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