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foot
Travel by walking
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noun
Travel by walking
“He followed on foot”
noun
The pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
noun
Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
noun
A support resembling a pedal extremity
“One foot of the chair was on the carpet”
noun
Lowest support of a structure
“It was built on a base of solid rock”
noun
The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
“His bare feet projected from his trousers”
noun
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
noun
An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
“There came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot”
noun
The lower part of anything
“Curled up on the foot of the bed”
noun
A member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
noun
A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
“He is six feet tall”
verb
Add a column of numbers
verb
Walk
“Let's hoof it to the disco”
verb
Pay for something
“Pick up the tab”
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He followed on foot
The swiftest of foot
One foot of the chair was on the carpet
It was built on a base of solid rock
He stood at the foot of the tower
His bare feet projected from his trousers
Armored from head to foot
There came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
Curled up on the foot of the bed
The foot of the page
The foot of the list
The foot of the mountain
He is six feet tall
Let's hoof it to the disco
Pick up the tab
Pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
Foot the bill
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