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feet

/ˈfiːt/

feet is the plural of foot.

Meaning of foot

Noun

foot (plural feet or (unit of measure, UK colloquial) foot)

  1. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
    • A spider has eight feet.
  2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
    • Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
  3. (attributive, often) Travel by walking.
    • We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
  4. The base or bottom of anything.
    • I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
  5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
    • We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
  6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
    • The host should sit at the foot of the table.

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Noun

feet

  1. (obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.

Origin of feet

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).

Words formed from feet

Phrases with feet

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Words that rhyme with feet

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Questions about feet

What does feet mean?
Feet means fact; performance; feat.
What is feet the plural of?
Feet is the plural of foot.
What part of speech is feet?
Feet is a noun.
How do you pronounce feet?
Feet is pronounced /ˈfiːt/.

Words near feet in the dictionary

  1. Feeser
  2. Feesers
  3. feeses
  4. feesh
  5. feesing
  6. feet
  7. feet dry
  8. feet first
  9. feet of clay
  10. feet on the ground
  11. feet per second

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feet (page history and authors); foot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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