Meaning of foot In English

• 0 the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or animal stands:

  • I've got a blister on my left foot.

  • I've been on my feet (= standing) all day and I'm exhausted.

  • informal You look tired. Why don't you put your feet up (= sit or lie down with your feet resting on something)?

  • Please wipe your feet (= clean the bottom of your shoes) before you come into the house.

  • He rose to his feet when she walked in.

  • Are you going by bicycle or on foot?

• 1 a unit of measurement, equal to twelve inches or 0.3048 metres, sometimes shown by the symbol ′:

  • The man was standing only a few feet away.

  • She is five feet/foot three inches tall.

  • She is 5′ 3″ tall.

• 2 the bottom or lower end of a space or object:

  • They built a house at the foot of a cliff.

  • She dreamed she saw someone standing at the foot of her bed.

  • There's a note explaining the quotation at the foot of the page.

• 3 a unit of division of a line of poetry containing one strong beat and one or two weaker ones

• 4 to pay an amount of money:

  • His parents footed the bill for his college tuition.

  • They refused to foot the cost of the wedding.

  • The company will foot her expenses.

• 5 the part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or animal stands:

  • I’ve got a blister on my left foot.

  • He got to/jumped to/rose to his feet (= stood up) to get a better look at the parade passing by.

  • I’ve been on my feet (= standing) all day serving customers.

  • The driver of the stolen car fled the scene on foot (= walking).

• 6 a unit of measurement of length equal to 12 inches or 0.3048 meters

• 7 the bottom or end of a space or object:

  • She dreamed she saw someone standing at the foot of her bed.

• 8 a unit of measurement equal to 12 inches or 0.3048 metres, sometimes shown by the symbol ′:

  • His brief was to provide 10 million square feet of office space on a 16-acre site.

• 9 the bottom or lower end of something:

  • the foot of sth Additional notes are added at the foot of the page.

• 10 to be extremely busy:

  • Business was booming, and everyone in the office was rushed off their feet.

• 11 to be very slow in doing sth, for example taking a decision:

  • Reformers claim that the FSA is dragging its feet on banking reform.

• 12 to be successful or lucky, especially after a period of not having success or luck:

  • After the redundancies, about a fifth of the workers immediately landed on their feet, getting jobs at a local start-up company.

• 13 to start experiencing an improved situation after a time of trouble or difficulty or to help a person, company, etc. to do this:

  • There is enormous support for quick, low-interest loans to help companies get back on their feet after a disaster.

• 14 to enter a business or an organization at a low level, but with a chance of being more successful in the future:

  • Graduate Careers Opportunities will help you get a foot in the door of your chosen career.

• 15 to start doing something new:

  • The company got its feet wet by taking a stand at the trader's exhibition.

• 16 to pay the cost of something:

  • Senior managers might be able to get employers to foot the bill for a weekend executive-MBA program.