- foot
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 part of the bodyADJECTIVE▪ left, right▪ back, front▪
He shifted his weight onto his back foot.
▪ dainty, little, small, tiny▪ big, enormous▪ narrow, wide▪ flat▪He was excused military service because of his flat feet.
▪ bare▪It's dangerous to walk on the beach in/with bare feet.
▪ blistered, swollen▪ broken▪ dirty, smelly▪ booted, stockinged▪the rumble of many booted feet on the bridge
▪He padded across the room in his stockinged feet (= wearing socks but no shoes).
▪ webbed▪Ducks' webbed feet help them to swim.
▪ silent▪He slipped across the corridor on silent feet.
▪ quick▪a player with quick feet and a great turn of pace
▪ leaden▪He walked to the examination room with leaden feet.
▪ winged (often figurative)▪She flew on winged feet (= ran fast) up the narrow stairway.
VERB + FOOT▪ get to, jump to, leap to, rise to, scramble to▪He got shakily to his feet.
▪ be on▪I've been on my feet all day and I need to sit down for a rest.
▪ place, plant, put▪I planted my feet firmly on the chair and reached up to the top window.
▪She put her foot down on the accelerator and the car lurched forward.
▪ lift, raise▪He raised his foot off the brake.
▪ stamp, stomp▪ tap▪She was tapping her foot impatiently.
▪ swing▪He swung a foot at the ball but missed completely.
▪ kick▪ shuffle▪ drag▪She dragged her feet as she reluctantly followed her parents.
▪ wipe▪Wipe your feet when you come in from the street.
▪ tread on (esp. BrE)▪That man trod on my foot and he didn't even apologize.
FOOT + VERB▪ catch▪His foot caught in the cable and he fell under the train.
▪ slip▪My foot slipped as I was about to shoot and I missed the ball.
▪ crunch, pound, shuffle▪I heard feet crunching over the gravel outside the house.
▪ dangle▪I sat by the river with my feet dangling in the water.
▪ kick▪They carried him out of the room with his feet kicking.
▪ sink▪My feet sank deep into the mud.
▪ hit sth, touch sth▪He shivered as his feet touched the cold floor.
FOOT + NOUN▪ massage▪ injury▪ passenger (BrE), soldier▪Foot passengers were allowed to leave the ferry before the vehicles.
▪ traffic▪ patrol▪soldiers on foot patrol
▪ pedalPREPOSITION▪ beneath your foot, under your foot▪The snow crunched beneath her feet.
▪ from foot to foot▪They looked unsure and shifted uneasily from foot to foot.
▪ on foot▪The city is best explored on foot.
▪ in the/your foot▪He's broken several bones in his left foot.
▪ with the/your foot▪She kicked the ball with her right foot.
PHRASES▪ the ball of the/your foot▪I squatted down to speak to the boy, balancing on the balls of my feet.
▪ from head to foot▪She was dressed from head to foot in green velvet.
▪ put your feet up▪He likes to put his feet up and watch TV when he gets home.
▪ set foot in sth, set foot on sth▪the first European to set foot in Australia
▪ the sole of the/your foot▪The soles of my feet were covered in blisters.
2 measurement{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbFoot is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bill
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
