foot
- noun
- /fʊt/
- Specialized
- Slogging across the flats, mud sucking at her feet, Christina stayed next to the cliffs.
Examples
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Jacob hears the stall door fly open and feet running from the room.
Fiction book (1990) -
No, but this is chicken feet as is.
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You have very shapely feet.
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ROBO-CRAWLER: A camera tracks the feet, and as they kick, it goes.
Academic text (2011) -
So the feet of the of the Barnacle would be sticking out here.
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The upheld, wrinkled pads of her feet felt ice cold to David's fingers.
Fiction book (1990) -
The snail moves slowly, extending its foot across the wet surface to find food.
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The gastropod uses its foot to glide over the ocean floor in search of algae.
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During the experiment, we observed how the octopus uses its foot for locomotion on the rocks.
Synonyms
A small soft tube with a sucker that starfish and sea urchins use to move, eat, and breathe
A soft body part that animals without backbones use to move or hold on
Idioms
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
- Informal
A situation that has changed so the other person has the advantage
- Informal
Cause trouble for yourself by your actions, often by accident
- Offensive
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
Imagine being in the other person's place to understand them better
Compounds
- US
A measure of area equal to a square one foot on each side used for rooms and land
An infection on the feet, often between the toes, caused by a fungus that makes the skin itch and peel
- Specialized
A very contagious viral disease of animals like cows or sheep that causes fever and mouth and hoof sores
- Specialized
A measure of wood volume equal to a piece one foot long, one foot wide and one inch thick
- Specialized
A foot problem from long cold, wet exposure that causes pain, swelling, and numbness
- Specialized
A small soft tube with a sucker that starfish and sea urchins use to move, eat, and breathe
- Specialized
A pale yellow liquid from cattle feet and legs that softens and protects leather
A small plant with yellow flowers and seed pods like a bird's foot often grown for animals to eat
- Specialized
A small fern with purple-brown stalks and divided leaves like a bird's foot
A small plant from eastern United States with pale blue or purple flowers like pansies
A fern from the Canary Islands and Madeira with soft, hairy underground stems like a hare's foot
- UK
A low plant with silvery leaves and small white flowers that forms a soft ground cover
- Specialized
A foot born with a deep gap between the third and fourth toes that extends into the foot
A small line at the outer corner of the eye that often appears with age or when you smile
- Australian
A fern from Australia with hairy underground stems that look like a rabbit's foot
- Specialized
A spreading infection of the feet of animals like sheep and cows that causes swelling and difficulty walking
- Specialized
A disease that makes the base of a plant's stem or trunk decay, often after too much water
- Formal
Moving to another place to show a political or personal preference instead of voting in an election
- South African
A small South African plant with bluish flowers and leaves shaped like a goat's foot
- Specialized
A fern with soft, hairy creeping stems that look like a rabbit's foot
- Specialized
A bird foot with the first two toes pointing backward and the other two pointing forward
- Specialized
A robotic gripper with two toes pointing backward and two pointing forward to hold oddly shaped objects
- Specialized
A foot injury from being in cold, wet places for a long time without freezing
- Specialized
A soft body part that animals without backbones use to move or hold on
- Australian
An Australian plant with fuzzy spring flowers shaped like a kangaroo's foot
- Australian
A plant from Australia with long grasslike leaves and fuzzy flower clusters
- Specialized
A fern with furry underground stems and large deeply divided green leaves
A soft pad that you put inside a shoe to support the foot and reduce pain
A North American plant that lives for one year with bright pink or red pea-like flowers
A feathery fern with soft furry underground stems that look like a squirrel's foot
- Specialized
A bird foot with two toes pointing forward and two pointing backward
- Specialized
The end part of an animal leg used for standing and for moving, like a human foot, hoof or claw
Surface Forms
Etymology
Foot for animals uses the same old word fot, meaning 'the part used for stepping or holding on', so a clam or snail has a 'foot' because that part helps it move or attach to a surface just like our foot helps us move.