Definition of: foot

(ft) noun plural Feet
1. The terminal segment of the limb of a vertebrate animal upon which it rests in standing or moving. ♦ Collateral adjective: pedal.
2. Any part serving as or likened to a foot.
3. Anything corresponding in form, use, or position to the foot.
4. The part of a boot or stocking which receives the wearer's foot.
5. A part in a sewing machine, to hold the fabric down: also called presser foot.
6. Naut. The lower edge of a four–sided sail.
7. The lowest part; bottom; base; foundation; also, the last row, line, or series; the inferior part or end.
8. A measure of length, equivalent to 12 inches, or 30.48 centimeters.
9. Soldiers, collectively, who march and fight on foot: distinguished from horse (cavalry).
10. A primary measure of poetic rhythm, corresponding to a bar in music.
—on foot
1. Walking; not riding.
2. Happening; going on; proceeding.
—to put one's foot down To be decisive or determined.
—to put one's foot in it To get into a difficulty or scrape.
—under foot
1. Under the feet; hence, in the way.
2. On the ground: wet under foot.
—v.i.
1. To go afoot; walk.
2. To move the foot to music; dance.
3. Naut. To move or sail faster.
—v.t.
4. To move on or through by walking or dancing; set foot on.
5. To furnish with a foot, as a stocking.
6. To add, as a column of figures, and place the sum at the bottom.
7. Colloq. To pay, as a bill.
—to foot it To walk, run, or dance.
—to foot up To amount to when counted or added. [OE fōt]