Iamb
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noun
- The terminal part of the vertebrate see vertebrate leg upon which an individual stands
- An invertebrate organ of locomotion or attachment
- Any of various units of length based on the length of the human foot
- The basic unit of verse meter consisting of any of various fixed combinations or groups of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables
"Each line of the poem contains five feet."
- Motion or power of walking or running step
"fleet of foot"
- Speed, swiftness
"showed early foot"
- The lower end of the leg of a chair or table
- A piece on a sewing machine that presses the cloth against the feed
- Infantry
- The lower edge (as of a sail)
- The lowest part bottom
"the foot of the hill"
- The end that is lower or opposite the head
"the foot of the bed"
- The part (as of a stocking) that covers the foot
- Material deposited especially in aging or refining dregs
- Footlights
verb
- Dance
- To go on foot
- To make speed move
- To perform the movements of (a dance)
- To walk, run, or dance on, over, or through
- Kick
- Reject
- Establish
- To add up
- To pay or stand credit for
"foot the bill"
- To make or renew the foot of
"foot a stocking"
noun
- An acute contagious febrile disease especially of cloven-footed animals that is caused by serotypes of a picornavirus (species Foot-and-mouth disease virus of the genus Aphthovirus) and is marked by ulcerating vesicles in the mouth, about the hooves, and on the udder and teats
- an acute contagious febrile disease especially of cloven-footed animals that is caused by serotypes of a picornavirus (species Foot-and-mouth disease virus of the genus Aphthovirus) and is marked by ulcerating vesicles in the mouth, about the hooves, and on the udder and teats —called also foot-and-mouth, hoof-and-mouth disease
noun
- A unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere one foot from a uniform point source of light of one candle and equal to one lumen per square foot
noun
- Failure to act with the necessary promptness or vigor
noun
- An infraction of the service rules (as in tennis, racquetball, or volleyball) that results from illegal placement of the server's feet
noun
- A unit of work equal to the work done by a force of one pound acting through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force
adjective
- Being or relating to a system of units based upon the foot as the unit of length, the pound as the unit of weight, and the second as the unit of time
noun
- A progressive inflammation of the feet of sheep, goats, or cattle that is associated with bacterial infection
- A plant disease marked by rot of the stem near the ground
Source: merriam-webster.com
This clue was used on October 25, 2025.
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