Synonyms for foot

Grammar : Noun

Spell : foo t

Phonetic Transcription : fʊt

Définition of foot

Origin : Old English fot, from Proto-Germanic *fot (cf. Old Saxon fot, Old Norse fotr, Dutch voet, Old High German fuoz, German Fuß, Gothic fotus "foot"), from PIE *ped- (cf. Avestan pad-; Sanskrit pad-, accusative padam "foot;" Greek pos, Attic pous, genitive podos; Latin pes, genitive pedis "foot;" Lithuanian padas "sole," peda "footstep"). Plural form feet is an instance of i-mutation. Of a bed, grave, etc., first recorded c.1300.
The linear measurement of 12 inches was in Old English, from the length of a man's foot. Colloquial exclamation my foot! expressing "contemptuous contradiction" [OED] is first attested 1923, probably a euphemism for my ass, in the same sense, which dates back to 1796. The metrical foot (Old English, translating Latin pes, Greek pous in the same sense) is commonly taken as a reference to keeping time by tapping the foot.
To get off on the right foot is from 1905; to put one's best foot foremost first recorded 1849 (Shakespeare has the better foot before, 1596). To put one's foot in (one's) mouth "say something stupid" is attested by 1942; the expression put (one's) foot in something "make a mess of it" is from 1823.

noun extremity of an animate being
noun base of an object
noun twelve inches/30.48 centimeters measured

Example sentences :

She did so, and it proved an effectual screen from head to foot.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Eudora blushed deeply, and busily caressed the dog with her foot.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Now they neared the foot of the shaft where the rest of the party seemed to await them.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

As for me, not a foot will I budge, till I have seen thee empty that bowl.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Besides, this was the first foreign shore his foot had ever trodden.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

He appeared very frightened, and trembled from head to foot.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

He accompanied her to the foot of the stairs and lit her candle.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

The iron loop at the end was to put one's foot into when one wanted to load it.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

He would not stay for dinner, and would not put his foot inside the house again.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

First he shifted to one foot, and then he shifted his weight to the other.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Antonyms for foot

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