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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.

(unit) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.

(informal) (square foot) {{ng|A unit of (area).}}

(informal) (cubic foot) {{ng|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.

(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: bottommost part of a page) (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.

To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).

To pay (a bill).

To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

To walk.

(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.).

To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with ''up''.

To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry.