| foot | | |
| n. (body) | 1. foot, human foot, pes | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint.; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ calcaneus, heelbone, os tarsi fibulare | the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel. |
| ~ arcuate artery, arteria arcuata | curved artery in the foot. |
| ~ arteria digitalis, digital arteries | arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes. |
| ~ arteria metatarsea, metatarsal artery | dorsal and plantar arteries to the metatarsal region of the foot. |
| ~ intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis | veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot. |
| ~ metatarsal vein, vena metatarsus | dorsal and plantar branches of veins serving the metatarsal region of the foot. |
| ~ leg | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
| ~ pedal extremity, vertebrate foot | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates. |
| ~ pes planus, splayfoot, flatfoot | a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out. |
| ~ instep | the arch of the foot. |
| ~ sole | the underside of the foot. |
| ~ toe | one of the digits of the foot. |
| ~ big toe, great toe, hallux | the first largest innermost toe. |
| ~ little toe | the fifth smallest outermost toe. |
| ~ heel | the back part of the human foot. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. foot, ft | a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.; "he is six feet tall" |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ in, inch | a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot. |
| ~ yard, pace | a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. |
| n. (location) | 3. foot | the lower part of anything.; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain" |
| ~ bottom | the lowest part of anything.; "they started at the bottom of the hill" |
| n. (animal) | 4. animal foot, foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings. |
| ~ fossorial foot | foot adapted for digging as in moles. |
| ~ hoof | the foot of an ungulate mammal. |
| ~ bird's foot | the foot of a bird. |
| ~ webfoot | a foot having the toes connected by folds of skin. |
| ~ trotter | foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food. |
| ~ forefoot | a front foot of a quadruped. |
| ~ hindfoot | a rear foot of a quadruped. |
| ~ paw | a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped. |
| ~ pedal extremity, vertebrate foot | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure | lowest support of a structure.; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" |
| ~ bed | a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track.; "the track bed had washed away" |
| ~ raft foundation | a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ support | supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation.; "the statue stood on a marble support" |
| n. (animal) | 6. foot, invertebrate foot | any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates. |
| ~ invertebrate | any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification. |
| ~ tube foot | tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration. |
| ~ organ | a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function. |
| n. (act) | 7. foot | travel by walking.; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot" |
| ~ walk | the act of walking somewhere.; "he took a walk after lunch" |
| n. (person) | 8. foot | a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger. |
| ~ intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government. |
| n. (group) | 9. foot, infantry | an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot.; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" |
| ~ army unit | a military unit that is part of an army. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ paratroops | infantry trained and equipped to parachute. |
| n. (communication) | 10. foot, metrical foot, metrical unit | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm. |
| ~ metrics, prosody | the study of poetic meter and the art of versification. |
| ~ cadence, metre, meter, measure, beat | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse. |
| ~ dactyl | a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables. |
| ~ iamb, iambus | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables. |
| ~ anapaest, anapest | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables. |
| ~ amphibrach | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember'). |
| ~ trochee | a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables. |
| ~ spondee | a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables. |
| ~ dibrach, pyrrhic | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables. |
| n. (artifact) | 11. foot | a support resembling a pedal extremity.; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet" |
| ~ leg | a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
| v. (possession) | 12. foot, pick | pay for something.; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| v. (motion) | 13. foot, hoof, hoof it, leg it | walk.; "let's hoof it to the disco" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (cognition) | 14. foot, foot up | add a column of numbers. |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ add together, add | make an addition by combining numbers.; "Add 27 and 49, please!" |
| leg | | |
| n. (body) | 1. leg | a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ fibular vein, peroneal vein, vena peroneus | accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein. |
| ~ saphenous vein, vena saphena | either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot. |
| ~ tibial vein, vena tibialis | veins of the lower leg; empty into the popliteal vein. |
| ~ limb | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper. |
| ~ crus | the leg from the knee to foot. |
| ~ peg, pin, stick | informal terms for the leg.; "fever left him weak on his sticks" |
| ~ bandy leg, bandyleg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara, bow leg | a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee). |
| ~ shank's mare, shank's pony, shanks' mare, shanks' pony | you own legs.; "I traveled on shank's mare" |
| ~ spindlelegs, spindleshanks | long thin legs. |
| ~ thigh | the part of the leg between the hip and the knee. |
| ~ shank | the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle. |
| ~ shin | the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle. |
| ~ foot, human foot, pes | the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint.; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" |
| ~ nervus ischiadicus, sciatic nerve | arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves. |
| ~ nervus saphenus, saphenous nerve | a branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot. |
| ~ articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee, knee joint | hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella. |
| ~ ankle, ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint | a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus. |
| ~ musculus tibialis, tibialis, tibialis muscle | either of two skeletal muscle in each leg arising from the tibia; provides for movement of the foot. |
| ~ leg bone | a bone of the leg. |
| ~ calf bone, fibula | the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle. |
| ~ shinbone, tibia, shin bone, shin | the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle. |
| ~ genu valgum, knock-knee, tibia valga | an inward slant of the thigh. |
| n. (body) | 2. leg | a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion. |
| ~ prehensor | the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths. |
| ~ animal leg | the leg of an animal. |
| ~ limb | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper. |
| ~ pedal extremity, vertebrate foot | the extremity of the limb in vertebrates. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. leg | one of the supports for a piece of furniture. |
| ~ chair | a seat for one person, with a support for the back.; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down" |
| ~ camp bed, cot | a small bed that folds up for storage or transport. |
| ~ four-poster | a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains. |
| ~ grand piano, grand | a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs. |
| ~ hospital bed | a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required. |
| ~ spinning wheel | a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
| ~ table | a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs.; "it was a sturdy table" |
| ~ tripod | a three-legged rack used for support. |
| n. (shape) | 4. branch, leg, ramification | a part of a forked or branching shape.; "he broke off one of the branches" |
| ~ subfigure | a figure that is a part of another figure. |
| ~ forking, furcation | the place where something divides into branches. |
| ~ bifurcation | a bifurcating branch (one or both of them). |
| ~ brachium | (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal. |
| ~ crotch, fork | the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches.; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree" |
| n. (food) | 5. leg | the limb of an animal used for food. |
| ~ cut of meat, cut | a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass. |
| ~ ham hock | a small cut of meat from the leg just above the foot. |
| ~ gigot, leg of lamb | lamb leg suitable for roasting. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. leg, peg, pegleg, wooden leg | a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg. |
| ~ prosthesis, prosthetic device | corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. leg | a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg. |
| ~ cloth covering | a covering made of cloth. |
| ~ cuff, turnup | the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg. |
| ~ foot | a support resembling a pedal extremity.; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet" |
| ~ knee | the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee. |
| ~ pant leg, trouser leg | the leg of a pair of trousers. |
| ~ trouser, pant | (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" |
| n. (act) | 8. leg | (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ distance, length | size of the gap between two places.; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points" |
| n. (act) | 9. leg, stage | a section or portion of a journey or course.; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" |
| ~ travel, traveling, travelling | the act of going from one place to another.; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" |
| ~ journey, journeying | the act of traveling from one place to another. |
| ~ fare-stage | a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same. |
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