A manner of moving; a step: walks with a light foot.
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A structure used for locomotion or attachment in an invertebrate animal, such as the muscular organ extending from the ventral side of a mollusk.
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A unit of length in the U.S. Customary and British Imperial systems equal to 12 inches (0.3048 meter). See Table at measurement.
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A unit of poetic meter consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables in any of various set combinations. For example, an iambic foot has an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.
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Botany The base of the sporophyte in mosses and liverworts.
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verb
To go on foot.
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To make speed .
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To perform the movements of (a dance).
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To walk, run, or dance on, over, or through.
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To add up.
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idiom
Best foot forward A favorable initial impression: He always has his best foot forward when speaking to his constituents. Put your best foot forward during an employment interview.
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Feet of clay An underlying weakness or fault: "They discovered to their vast discomfiture that their idol had feet of clay, after placing him upon a pedestal” ( James Joyce).
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Foot in the door Slang A first step in working toward a goal.
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Foot in the door Slang An initial point of or opportunity for entry.
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Have one foot in the grave Informal To be on the verge of death, as from illness or severe trauma.
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verb-intransitive
Nautical To make headway; sail.
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To dance. Often used with it: "We foot it all the night/weaving olden dances” ( William Butler Yeats).
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To go on foot; walk. Often used with it: When their car broke down, they had to foot it the rest of the way.
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verb-transitive
To add up (a column of numbers) and write the sum at the bottom; total: footed up the bill.
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To execute the steps of (a dance).
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To go by foot over, on, or through; tread.
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To provide (a stocking, for example) with a foot.
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