foot

1. (anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.Examples: "Southern Italy is shaped like a foot."; "And when I ſawe him, I fell at his feete as dead : and hee laid his right hand vpon me, ſaying vnto mee, Feare not, *I am the firſt,and the laſt."

2. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.Examples: "We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi."; "There is a lot of foot traffic on this street."attributiveoften

3. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.abbreviationalt-ofellipsisinformal

4. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.abbreviationalt-ofellipsisinformal

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

6. (collective, military) Foot soldiers; infantry.Examples: "King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse."; "His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot."collective