Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word foot. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in foot.
Definitions and meaning of foot
foot
Alternative forms
foote(obsolete)
(plural):feets(dialectal); foots(nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle Englishfot, fote, foot, from Old Englishfōt, from Proto-West Germanic*fōt, from Proto-Germanic*fōts, from Proto-Indo-European*pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie(“Spanish unit of length”), andpous.
Pronunciation
enPR: fo͝ot, IPA(key): /fʊt/, [fʊt]
(General American) IPA(key): [fʊt̚]
(UK) IPA(key): [fʊt̚], [fʊtʰ], [fɵʔt]
(Canada) IPA(key): [fʊt̚], [fɤ̈t̚], [fʷʊt̚]
(Cape Flats; Indian South African) IPA(key): [fɤt]
(Estuary) IPA(key): [fʉ̞ʔt]
Rhymes: -ʊt
Noun
foot (pluralfeetor(UK colloquial, unit of measure)foot)
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
(anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
(often used attributively) Travel by walking.
The base or bottom of anything.
The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
(informal)Ellipsis of square foot. A unit of area.
(informal)Ellipsis of cubic foot. A unit of volume.
(music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
(collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.
(cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
(sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
(printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
(printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
(prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
(phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
(nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
(billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
(botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
(malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
(molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.
(geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
Recognized condition; rank; footing.
May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann
As to his being on the foot of a servant.
Usage notes
(unit of length):
The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is feet, but in some contexts, foot itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural. In the UK, however, foot is colloquially used as a plural in all contexts for the unit of measure, even where such usage would not be natural in other varieties of English.
It is sometimes abbreviated ', such as in tables, lists or drawings.
Synonyms
pes
Coordinate terms
(unit of length): inch, yard, mile
(end of a table): head, sides
(bottom of a page): head, body
(bottom edge of a sail): head, leech, luff
(molecular domain): head, cleft, neck
(infantry): horse
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
pedal, relating to the foot
Verb
foot (third-person singular simple presentfoots, present participlefooting, simple past and past participlefooted)
(transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
(transitive) To pay (a bill).
To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1 (Dramas 2, p.217)
There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,
To walk.
(now rare) To set foot on; to walk on.
(obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
19th century, William Shakespeare, Henry the Fourth Part 1 (modern edited version)
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
Derived terms
foot the bill
Translations
References
Anagrams
foto, ooft, toof
French
Etymology
Clipping of football.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fut/
Noun
footm (uncountable)
(colloquial) association football; football, soccer
(colloquial, uncommon) footy (a nickname for several different football codes)