foot
- Top 1000
Sense 1
- noun
- B1
The part of your body at the end of your leg that you stand and walk on.
These new shoes are rubbing and my right foot hurts.
He stepped on a sharp stone with his bare foot.
She tapped her foot in time with the drum beat.
Common collocations: bare foot · left foot · sore feet · on foot · step on someone's foot
Part of: Parts of the body, Exercise and fitness
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
A unit used for measuring length, equal to about thirty centimetres.
The ceiling in the old attic is barely six feet high.
He is six foot two and ducks under low doorways.
Our fence is about five feet high along the road.
Common collocations: six feet tall · square feet · feet above sea level · a few feet away
Part of: Shapes and sizes, Numbers and quantity
Sense 3 · less common
- noun
- B2
The lowest part or bottom end of something such as a hill, some stairs or a bed.
We left the muddy boots at the foot of the stairs.
A small village sits at the foot of the mountain.
She folded an extra blanket at the foot of the bed.
Common collocations: at the foot of the hill · at the foot of the stairs · at the foot of the page · the foot of the bed
Part of: Directions, Landscape
Forms
- plural
- feet