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foot

voet

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Engels > Engels

foot

1. n. 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. n. (anatomy) 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. n. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.

We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.

There is a lot of foot traffic on this street.

4. n. The base or bottom of anything.

I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.

5. n. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.

We came and stood at the foot of the bed.

6. n. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.

The host should sit at the foot of the table.

7. n. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.

The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.

8. n. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.

The flag pole at the local high school is about 20 feet high.

9. n. (music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.

10. n. (military, collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.

King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.

11. n. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.

12. n. (sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.

13. n. (printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.

14. n. (printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.

15. n. (prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.

16. n. (phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.

17. n. (nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.

To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.

18. n. (billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.

19. n. (botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.

20. n. (malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.

21. n. (molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein.

22. n. (geometry) The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.

23. n. (qualifier) Fundamental principle; basis; plan.

24. n. (qualifier) Recognized condition; rank; footing.

25. v. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).

26. v. To pay (a bill).

27. v. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

28. v. To walk.

29. v. To tread.

to foot the green

30. v. (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.

31. v. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).

32. v. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

to foot (or foot up) an account

Nederlands > Engels

voet

1. n-m. foot (lowest part of the legs)

Hij heeft zijn voet verstuikt tijdens het voetballen. - He sprained his foot while playing football.

Ze wast haar voeten elke avond voor het slapengaan. - She washes her feet every night before going to bed.

2. n-m. foot, base (lowest part of any standard, support, stand or pillar)

De voet van de lamp was gemaakt van marmer. - The base of the lamp was made of marble.

Het standbeeld staat op een grote betonnen voet. - The statue stands on a large concrete base.

3. n-m. imperial foot (unit of measure)

De breedte van de kamer is tien voet. - The width of the room is ten feet.

Hij kocht een touw van vijftien voet lang. - He bought a fifteen-foot long rope.

4. n-m. (historical) Dutch foot (unit of measure)

In de 18e eeuw mat men de lengte in voet. - In the 18th century, length was measured in feet.

Een voet was vroeger een belangrijke maateenheid in Nederland. - A foot used to be an important unit of measurement in the Netherlands.

5. n-m. (poetry) foot (most basic element of a metre)

Dit gedicht heeft een ritme van vier voeten per vers. - This poem has a rhythm of four feet per line.

Een jambische pentameter heeft vijf voeten per vers. - An iambic pentameter has five feet per line.

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

My left foot just fell asleep.
    Mijn linkervoet is net in slaap gevallen.
My mother waited on my father hand and foot.
    Mijn moeder heeft mijn vader op zijn wenken bediend.
They arrived at the foot of the mountain.
    Ze kwamen aan de voet van de berg aan.
It will make little difference whether you go there by taxi or on foot.
    Het maakt weinig uit of je daar nou lopend of met een taxi heen gaat.
He touched the water with his foot.
    Hij raakte het water met zijn voet.

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