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foots

/fʊts/

foots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foot.

foots is the plural of foot.

Meaning of foot

Verb

foot (third-person singular simple present foots, present participle footing, simple past and past participle footed)

  1. (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  2. (transitive) To pay (a bill).
  3. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
    • There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1 (Dramas 2, p.217)
  4. To walk.
    • thieves do foot by nightc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  5. (archaic) To set foot on; to walk on.
    • […] Or shepherd-boy, they featly foot the green1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens
  6. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
    • What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Noun

foots pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.

Phrases with foots

Words that rhyme with foots

Questions about foots

What does foots mean?
Foots means the settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.
What is foots the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Foots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foot.
What part of speech is foots?
Foots is a noun.
How do you pronounce foots?
Foots is pronounced /fʊts/.

Words near foots in the dictionary

  1. footrubs
  2. footrule
  3. footrules
  4. footrunner
  5. footrunners
  6. foots
  7. Foots Creek
  8. foots it
  9. foots the bill
  10. foots up
  11. footsal

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