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Nov 7, 2009
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Synonyms for foot

Noun

1. foot, ft, linear unit
usage: a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
2. foot, human foot, pes, vertebrate foot, pedal extremity
usage: the foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
3. foot, bottom
usage: the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
4. foot, walk
usage: travel by foot; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
5. animal foot, foot, vertebrate foot, pedal extremity
usage: a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being
6. foot, support
usage: a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
7. foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure, support
usage: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
8. foot, invertebrate foot, organ
usage: any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
9. infantry, foot, army unit
usage: an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
10. foot, secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
usage: a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
11. metrical foot, foot, metrical unit, meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
usage: a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Verb

1. foot, pick, pay
usage: pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
2. foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it, walk
usage: walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"
3. foot, foot up, add, add together
usage: add a column of numbers
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