Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word heel. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in heel.
Definitions and meaning of heel
heel
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hiːl/
Rhymes: -iːl
Homophones: heal, he'll, hill(in some dialects)
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishhele, from Old Englishhēla, from Proto-West Germanic*hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic*hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic*hanhaz(“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
Compare North Frisianhaiel, West Frisianhyl, Dutchhiel, German Low GermanHiel, Danish and Norwegianhæl, Swedishhäl.
Noun
heel (pluralheels)
(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
(usually in the plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
(firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
(music) The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
The last or lowest part of anything.
(US, Ireland, Scotland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
(US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
(informal, synecdochically) A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
(slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
(card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
(architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
(specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
(architecture, obsolete) A cyma reversa.
(carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
(golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
(nautical) The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
Synonyms
(end of bread):boot, butt, ender, outsider(Scotland)
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "headlining wrestler"):babyface
(antonym(s) of "angled cut in carpentry"):toe
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
heel (third-person singular simple presentheels, present participleheeling, simple past and past participleheeled)
To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
To kick with the heel.
she heeled her horse forward
(transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
(transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
(golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
(American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
(US, intransitive) At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably inferred from the past tense of hield, from Middle Englishhelden, heelden, from Old Englishhyldan, hieldan(“to incline”), cognate with Old Norsehella(“to pour out”) (whence Danish hælde(“lean, pour”)).
Verb
heel (third-person singular simple presentheels, present participleheeling, simple past and past participleheeled)
(chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt. [from 16th c.]
Translations
See also
angle of vanishing stability
limit of positive stability
Noun
heel (pluralheels)
(nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant. [from 17th c.]
1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 14:
[T]he boat, from a sudden gust of wind, taking a deep heel, I tumbled overboard and down I went […].
Synonyms
heeling
Etymology 3
See hele(“conceal, keep secret, cover”).
Verb
heel (third-person singular simple presentheels, present participleheeling, simple past and past participleheeled)
(rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in")Alternative form of hele(“cover; conceal”).
(Can we date this quote?), Brian Kerr, Lodge St Lawrence 144 Ritual, page 34:
[I] of my own free will and accord, do hereby, here at and hereon, solemnly swear that I will always heel, conceal and never improperly reveal any of the secrets or mysteries of, or belonging to [the Masons].
References
“heel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“heel”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Jonathon Green (2024) “heel n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Anagrams
Ehle, Hele, hele
Afar
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈheːl/, [ˈheːl]
Hyphenation: heel
Noun
héelm
cardamom
Declension
References
E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “heel”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 84
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɦeːl/
Hyphenation: heel
Rhymes: -eːl
Homophone: Heel
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchhêel, from Old Dutchhēl, from Proto-West Germanic*hail, from Proto-Germanic*hailaz.
Adjective
heel (comparativeheler, superlativeheelst)
complete, full, whole
Synonyms:gans, volledig
intact, unbroken, undamaged, untarnished
big, enormous, significant
Usage notes
When the noun is accompanied by a definite article, a possessive pronoun, a demonstrative pronoun, or a genitive construction, heel in the sense of "whole" may precede the whole phrase, in uninflected form. For example, the following are both correct:
de hele dag / heel de dag ― the entire day
Inflection
Derived terms
geheel
helen
Related terms
heil
Descendants
Berbice Creole Dutch: hele
Negerhollands: heel, hele, helle
Skepi Creole Dutch: helwel, he
→ Saramaccan: híi
→ Sranan Tongo: eri, heri, hele, heele, herheri
Adverb
heel
very
Usage notes
Although it is an adverb, heel may be inflected to hele so as to match a following adjective. For example, both of these sentences are correct:
The second sentence with hele may, however, be regarded as informal and less appropriate for formal writing.
Only heel is obviously possible when the adjective is not inflected to begin with:
Descendants
Jersey Dutch: hêl, hê
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
heel
inflection of helen:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Anagrams
hele
Luxembourgish
Verb
heel
second-person singular imperative of heelen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutchhēl, from Proto-Germanic*hailaz.
Adjective
hêel
whole, full
undamaged, unbroken
healthy, healed
honest, sincere, pure
Inflection
Descendants
Dutch: heel
Further reading
“heel (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “heel (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Noun
heel
Alternative form of hele(“health”)
Yola
Etymology
From Middle Englishhele, from Old Englishhēla, from Proto-West Germanic*hą̄hilō.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hiːɫ/
Homophone: heale
Noun
heel
heel
References
Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132