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foote

foote is the obsolete spelling 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.

See all 34 meanings of foot

Proper noun capitalized: Foote

Foote

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States; derived from the surname.

Forms of foote

Noun
pluralfeete
Proper noun
alternative formFoot

Questions about foote

What does foote mean?
Foote means a surname.
What is foote the obsolete spelling of?
Foote is the obsolete spelling of foot.
What part of speech is foote?
Foote is a proper noun.

Words near foote in the dictionary

  1. footdragger
  2. footdraggers
  3. footdragging
  4. footdraggings
  5. footdrop
  6. foote
  7. footed
  8. footed drum
  9. footed drums
  10. footed it
  11. footed the bill

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foote (page history and authors); Foote (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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