Definition of Heel

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Definition of Heel

Heel

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.

The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.

The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.

Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.

The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests

The after end of a ship's keel.

The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.

In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.

The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.

The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.

Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.

The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.

A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.

To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.

To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.

To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.

The part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft.

In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.

To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.

To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up.

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Heel Quotations

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Mark Twain

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
Lao Tzu

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.
Tim Berners-Lee

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.
Arthur Erickson

I had these shoes made and 2 to 3 inch lifts inside and the heel was another 2 and half inches. I walked around that way, wherever I could without falling over.
Bobby Darin

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.
Samuel Lover

Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.
Judy Biggert

We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus.
John Spratt

Our workers comp debt is the Achilles heel of our state's economy, and I firmly believe that in order to create more good jobs in West Virginia this system must be fixed and it must be fixed now. We cannot afford to wait even one more minute.
Joe Manchin III

It was just so elaborate and so luxurious. We had every gadget imaginable. You know, I had the little gun that came out, and I had the little gun in the heel of the shoe.
Robert Conrad

Heel Translations

heel in Dutch is hiel
heel in German is Absatz {m}, Absatz {m}, Ferse {f}

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