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foot UK US [fʊt] noun [ foots ]

BODY PART

1. countable [plural feet ] the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or animal stands
• I've got a blister on my left foot.
• I've been on my feet (= standing) all day and I'm exhausted.
• He got to/rose to/jumped to his feet (= stood up) when she walked in.
• informal "You look tired. Why don't you put your feet up (= sit or lie down with your feet resting on something)?"
• Please wipe your feet (= clean the bottom of your shoes) before you come into the house.
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Thesaurus⁺: ↑The legs and feet of non-human animals ↑The foot
2. on foot
<E > walking
• Are you going by bicycle or on foot?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Walking and walkers

• He tapped his foot to the beat of the music.
• It really hurt when Mark trod on my foot.
• My feet are so cold.
• She stood squarely, with her feet apart.
• I felt a sharp pain in my foot.

MEASUREMENT

3. <I > countable [plural feet ] or [ foot ] ( written abbreviation ft ) a unit of measurement, equal to twelve inches or 0.3048 metres, sometimes shown by the symbol ′
• The man was standing only a few feet away.
• She is five feet/foot three inches tall.
• She is 5′ 3″ tall.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Measurements of length and distance ↑Mathematical symbols

• Twelve inches are equal to one foot.
• The plane climbed quickly to a height of 30 000 feet.
• The pond is six feet in diameter.
• The cliffs are eroding several feet a year.
• He's six feet tall.

BOTTOM
4. only singular the bottom or lower end of a space or object
• They built a house at the foot of a cliff.
• She dreamed she saw someone standing at the foot of her bed.
• There's a note to that effect at the foot of the page.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Edges and extremities of objects ↑Surfaces of objects

POETRY
5. countable [plural feet ] specialized a unit of division of a line of poetry containing one strong beat and one or two weaker ones
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Poetry
Idioms: back on your feet ▪ fall on your feet ▪ get a foot in the door ▪ get off on the right foot ▪ hardly put one foot in front of the other ▪ have a foot in both camps ▪ have feet of clay ▪ have one foot in the grave ▪ have your feet on the ground ▪ my foot ▪ not put a foot wrong ▪ put your foot down ▪ put your foot in it ▪ run somebody off their feet ▪ set foot in somewhere ▪ under your feet

verb transitive informal
to pay an amount of money
• His parents footed the bill for his course fees.
• They refused to foot the cost of the wedding.
• The company will foot her expenses.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Paying and spending money