foot
/fʊt/ verb C1- To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- To pay (a bill).
- To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- To walk.
- To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
- To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up. · to foot (or foot up) an account
He/she/it foots · Past footed · Past participle footed · -ing form footing
Verb forms
- Base form
- foot
- He/she/it
- foots
- Past
- footed
- Past participle
- footed
- -ing form
- footing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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When she was halfway across the room there came a great shriek from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor.
They wore round hats that rose to a small point a foot above their heads, with little bells around the brims that tinkled sweetly as they moved.
The Horse fell down straightway under the weight, no longer equal to the burden, and said to his master, “You must now go to the war on foot, for you have transformed me from a Horse into an Ass; and how can you expect that I can again turn in a moment from an Ass to a Horse?”
The Frog, one day intent on mischief, bound the foot of the Mouse tightly to his own.
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