1. cat(n = noun.animal) true cat - feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats;
is a kind of felid, feline
has particulars: domestic cat, felis catus, felis domesticus, house cat, wildcat
2. cat(n = noun.person) bozo, guy, hombre - an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
is a kind of adult male, man
has particulars: sod
3. cat(n = noun.person) - a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
is a kind of gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, adult female, woman
Derived form adjective catty1
4. cat(n = noun.artifact) african tea, arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, quat - the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
is a kind of excitant, stimulant, stimulant drug
5. cat(n = noun.artifact) cat-o'-nine-tails - a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat"
is a kind of whip
Derived form verb cat1
6. cat(n = noun.artifact) caterpillar - a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work;
is a kind of tracked vehicle
7. cat(n = noun.animal) big cat - any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild;
is a kind of felid, feline
is a member of family felidae, felidae
has particulars: leopard, panthera pardus, ounce, panthera uncia, snow leopard, felis onca, jaguar, panther, panthera onca, king of beasts, lion, panthera leo, panthera tigris, tiger, liger, tiglon, tigon, acinonyx jubatus, cheetah, chetah, saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth
8. cat(n = noun.act) computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography, ct - a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis;
is a kind of x-radiation, x-raying
1. cat(v = verb.contact) - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails;
is one way to flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip
Derived form noun cat5
Sample sentences:
They want to cat the prisoners
2. cat(v = verb.body) barf, be sick, cast, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
is one way to egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
1. Any animal belonging to the natural family
" The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the
"The word
" Laying aside their often rancorous debate over how best to preserve the
Uprooted from the arid hills of West Texas, three of the imports have died, but the remaining five adapted to swamp life and have each given birth to at least one litter of kittens." [PJC]
2. A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. Totten. [1913 Webster]
3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed. [1913 Webster]
4. An old game; [1913 Webster]
5. same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared the cat. [1913 Webster]
6. A catamaran. [PJC]
To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor. Totten. [1913 Webster]
cat, abbr.
1 computer-assisted (or -aided) testing.
2 Med. computerized axial tomography.
cat, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus.
2 a any wild animal of the genus Felis, e.g. a lion, tiger, or leopard. b = wild cat.
3 a catlike animal of any other species (civet cat).
4 colloq. a malicious or spiteful woman.
5 sl. a jazz enthusiast.
6 Naut. = CATHEAD.
7 = cat-o'-nine-tails.
8 a short tapered stick in the game of tipcat.
--v.tr. (also absol.) (catted, catting) Naut. raise (an anchor) from the surface of the water to the cathead.
Idiom:
cat-and-dog (of a relationship etc.) full of quarrels. cat burglar a burglar who enters by climbing to an upper storey. cat flap (or door) a small swinging flap in an outer door, for a cat to pass in and out. cat-ice thin ice unsupported by water. cat-o'-nine-tails hist. a rope whip with nine knotted lashes for flogging sailors, soldiers, or criminals. cat's cradle a child's game in which a loop of string is held between the fingers and patterns are formed. Cat's-eye Brit. propr. one of a series of reflector studs set into a road. cat's-eye a precious stone of Sri Lanka and Malabar. cat's-foot any small plant of the genus Antennaria, having soft woolly leaves and growing on the surface of the ground. cat's-paw
1 a person used as a tool by another.
2 a slight breeze rippling the surface of the water. cat's-tail = reed-mace (see REED(1)). cat's whiskers (or pyjamas) sl. an excellent person or thing. let the cat out of the bag reveal a secret, esp. involuntarily. like a cat on hot bricks (or on a hot tin roof) very agitated or agitatedly. put (or set) the cat among the pigeons cause trouble. rain cats and dogs rain very hard.
Etymology:
OE catt(e) f. LL cattus
N scourge, rod, cane, stick, ratan, rattan, birch, birch rod, azote, blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok, rod in pickle, switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon, whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout, cat, cat o'nine tails, rope's end, pillory, stocks, whipping post, cucking stool, ducking stool, brank, trebuchet, trebuket, triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel, chinese water torture, treadmill, crank, galleys, scaffold, block, ax, guillotine, stake, cross, gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring, death chair, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, mecate, house of correction, goaler, jailer, executioner, electrocutioner, lyncher, hangman, headsman, Jack Ketch.
N ship, vessel, sail, craft, bottom, navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, shipping, man of war, transport, tender, storeship, merchant ship, merchantman, packet, liner, whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter, fishing boat, pilot boat, trawler, hulk, yacht, baggala, floating hotel, floating palace, ocean greyhound, ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig, brigantine, barkantine, schooner, topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner, chasse-maree, sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss, sailer, sailing vessel, windjammer, steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruiseship, ship of the line, mail steamer, paddle steamer, screw steamer, tug, line of steamers, destroyer, cruiser, frigate, landing ship, LST, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier, submarine, submersible, atomic submarine, boat, pinnace, launch, life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat, swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher, dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot, shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret, eight oar, four oar, pair oar, randan, outrigger, float, raft, pontoon, prame, iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht, catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel, felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe, galley, galleyfoist, bilander, dogger, hooker, howker, argosy, carack, galliass, galleon, polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow, dahabeah, nuggah, kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue, quadrireme, trireme, stern-wheeler, wanigan, wangan, wharf boat, balloon, airship, aeroplane, biplane, monoplane, triplane, hydroplane, aerodrome, air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin, aerostat, Montgolfier, kite, parachute, jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane, corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation, airline, common carrier, fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane, supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft, afloat, aboard, on board, on ship board, hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.
N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.
N roll, drumming, berloque, bombination, rumbling, tattoo, drumroll, dingdong, tantara, rataplan, whirr, ratatat, ratatat-tat, rubadub, pitapat, quaver, clutter, charivari, racket, cuckoo, repetition, peal of bells, devil's tattoo, reverberation, clickety-clack, hum, purr, hummingbird, cat, kitten (animal sounds), rolling, monotonous, like a bee in a bottle.
N vision, sight, optics, eyesight, view, look, espial, glance, ken, coup d'oeil, glimpse, glint, peep, gaze, stare, leer, perlustration, contemplation, conspection, conspectuity, regard, survey, introspection, reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage, autopsy, ocular inspection, ocular demonstration, sight-seeing, point of view, gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower, field of view, theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon, commanding view, bird's eye view, periscope, visual organ, organ of vision, eye, naked eye, unassisted eye, retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white, optics, orbs, saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes, short sight, clear sight, sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clear glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating eye, perspicacity, discernment, catopsis, eagle, hawk, cat, lynx, Argus, evil eye, basilisk, cockatrice, seeing, visual, ocular, optic, optical, ophthalmic, clear-eyesighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen- eyed, Argus-eyed, visible, visibly, in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight, at a glance, at the first blush, prima facie, Int, look!, the scales falling from one's eyes, an eye like Mars to threaten or command, her eyes are homes of silent prayer, looking before and after, thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes.
abyssinian cat, alley cat, angora cat, bear cat, bell the cat, big cat, black cat, blue cat, blue channel cat, burmese cat, caffer cat, calico cat, cat and mouse, cat and rat, cat bear, cat box, cat burglar, cat chow, cat cracker, cat fancier, cat flea, cat food, cat o' nine tails, cat rig, cat scan, cat scanner, cat scratch disease, cat shark, cat sleep, cat squirrel, cat suit, cat thyme, cat valium, channel cat, cheshire cat, civet cat, coon cat, copy cat, domestic cat, egyptian cat, fat cat, fisher cat, flying cat, fossa cat, fraidy cat, house cat, jaguarundi cat, jungle cat, kaffir cat, leopard cat, let the cat out of the bag, madagascar cat, maltese cat, manx cat, margay cat, marten cat, miner's cat, mud cat, native cat, pallas's cat, palm cat, panther cat, persian cat, ring-tailed cat, sand cat, scaredy cat, sea cat, siamese cat, tabby cat, tiger cat, true cat
1. foot(n = noun.body) human foot, pes - the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
is a kind of pedal extremity, vertebrate foot
is a part of homo, human, human being, man, leg
has parts: calcaneus, heelbone, os tarsi fibulare, arcuate artery, arteria arcuata, arteria digitalis, digital arteries, arteria metatarsea, metatarsal artery, intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis, metatarsal vein, vena metatarsus, instep, sole, toe, big toe, great toe, hallux, little toe, heel
has particulars: flatfoot, pes planus, splayfoot
Derived form verb foot2
2. foot(n = noun.quantity) ft - a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
is a part of pace, yard
has parts: in, inch
3. foot(n = noun.location) - the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
is a kind of bottom
Antonym: head
4. foot(n = noun.animal) animal foot - the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings;
is a kind of pedal extremity, vertebrate foot
has particulars: fossorial foot, hoof, bird's foot, webfoot, trotter, forefoot, hindfoot, paw
5. foot(n = noun.artifact) base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
is a kind of support
is a part of construction, structure
has particulars: bed, raft foundation
6. foot(n = noun.animal) invertebrate foot - any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates;
is a kind of organ
is a part of invertebrate
has particulars: tube foot
7. foot(n = noun.act) - travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
is a kind of walk
Derived form verb foot2
8. foot(n = noun.person) - a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger;
is a kind of intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent
9. foot(n = noun.group) infantry - an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
is a kind of army unit
has particulars: paratroops
10. foot(n = noun.communication) metrical foot, metrical unit - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm;
is a kind of beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre
has particulars: dactyl, iamb, iambus, anapaest, anapest, amphibrach, trochee, spondee, dibrach, pyrrhic
11. foot(n = noun.artifact) - a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
is a kind of support
is a part of leg
1. foot(v = verb.possession) pick - pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
is one way to pay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
2. foot(v = verb.motion) hoof, hoof it, leg it - walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"
is one way to walk
Derived forms noun foot7, noun foot1, noun footer2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
3. foot(v = verb.cognition) foot up - add a column of numbers;
is one way to add, add together
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes. [1913 Webster]
2. The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum. [1913 Webster]
3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. [1913 Webster]
4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain, column, or page; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed; ; the foot of the page. [1913 Webster]
"And now at foot
Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet." [1913 Webster]
5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. [1913 Webster]
"Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason." [1913 Webster]
6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [1913 Webster]
"As to his being on the foot of a servant." [1913 Webster]
7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard. [1913 Webster]
" This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters." [1913 Webster]
8. Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. Milton. [1913 Webster]
9. A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. [1913 Webster]
10. The lower edge of a sail. [1913 Webster]
" Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds." [1913 Webster]
1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. Shak. [1913 Webster]
1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [1913 Webster]
"What confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom?" [1913 Webster]
3. To tread; as, to foot the green. Tickell. [1913 Webster]
4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account. [1913 Webster]
5. To seize or strike with the talon. Shak. [1913 Webster]
6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest." [1913 Webster]
foot, n. & v.
--n. (pl. feet)
1 a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part of a sock etc. covering the foot.
2 a the lower or lowest part of anything, e.g. a mountain, a page, stairs, etc. b the lower end of a table. c the end of a bed where the user's feet normally rest.
3 the base, often projecting, of anything extending vertically.
4 a step, pace, or tread; a manner of walking (fleet of foot).
5 (pl. feet or foot) a unit of linear measure equal to 12 inches (30.48 cm).
6 Prosody a a group of syllables (one usu. stressed) constituting a metrical unit. b a similar unit of speech etc.
7 Brit. hist. infantry (a regiment of foot).
8 Zool. the locomotive or adhesive organ of invertebrates.
9 Bot. the part by which a petal is attached.
10 a device on a sewing-machine for holding the material steady as it is sewn.
11 (pl. foots) a dregs; oil refuse. b coarse sugar.
--v.tr.
1 (usu. as foot it) a traverse (esp. a long distance) by foot. b dance.
2 pay (a bill, esp. one considered large).
Idiom:
at a person's feet as a person's disciple or subject. feet of clay a fundamental weakness in a person otherwise revered. foot-and-mouth disease a contagious viral disease of cattle etc. foot-fault (in lawn tennis) incorrect placement of the feet while serving. foot-pound the amount of energy required to raise
1 lb.
a distance of
1 foot. foot-pound-second system a system of measurement with these as basic units. foot-rot a bacterial disease of the feet in sheep and cattle. foot-rule a ruler 1 foot long. foot-soldier a soldier who fights on foot. get one's feet wet begin to participate. have one's (or both) feet on the ground be practical. have a foot in the door have a prospect of success. have one foot in the grave be near death or very old. my foot! int. expressing strong contradiction. not put a foot wrong make no mistakes. off one's feet so as to be unable to stand, or in a state compared with this (was rushed off my feet). on foot walking, not riding etc. put one's best foot forward make every effort; proceed with determination. put one's feet up colloq. take a rest.
put one's foot down colloq.
1 be firmly insistent or repressive.
2 accelerate a motor vehicle. put one's foot in it colloq. commit a blunder or indiscretion. set foot on (or in) enter; go into. set on foot put (an action, process, etc.) in motion. under one's feet in the way. under foot on the ground.
Derivative:
footed adj. (also in comb.). footless adj.
Etymology:
OE fot f. Gmc
N poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine, Parnassus, Helicon, Pierides, Pierian spring, versification, rhyming, making verses, prosody, orthometry, poem, epic, epic poem, epopee, epopoea, ode, epode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic, sonnet, roundelay, rondeau, rondo, madrigal, canzonet, cento, monody, elegy, amoebaeum, ghazal, palinode, dramatic poetry, lyric poetry, opera, posy, anthology, disjecta membra poetae song, ballad, lay, love song, drinking song, war song, sea song, lullaby, music, nursery rhymes, doggerel, Hudibrastic verse, prose run mad, macaronics, macaronic verse, leonine verse, runes, canto, stanza, distich, verse, line, couplet, triplet, quatrain, strophe, antistrophe, verse, rhyme, assonance, crambo, meter, measure, foot, numbers, strain, rhythm, accentuation, dactyl, spondee, trochee, anapest, hexameter, pentameter, Alexandrine, anacrusis, antispast, blank verse, ictus, elegiacs, elegiac verse, elegaic meter, elegaic poetry, poet, poet laureate, laureate, bard, lyrist, scald, skald, troubadour, trouvere, minstrel, minnesinger, meistersinger, improvisatore, versifier, sonneteer, rhymer, rhymist, rhymester, ballad monger, runer, poetaster, genus irritabile vatum, poetic, poetical, lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic, metrical, a catalectin, elegiac, iambic, trochaic, anapestic, amoebaeic, Melibean, skaldic, Ionic, Sapphic, Alcaic, Pindaric, a poem round and perfect as a star, Dichtung und Wahrheit, furor poeticus, his virtues formed the magic of his song, I do but sing because I must, I learnt life from the poets, licentia vatum, mutum est pictura poema, O for a muse of fire!, sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge, the true poem is the poet's mind, Volk der Dichter und Denker, wisdom married to immortal verse.
N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.
N base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.
amp'8are foot, animal foot, athlete's foot, australian hare's foot, bear's foot, bird's foot, bird's foot clover, bird's foot trefoil, board foot, canary island hare's foot fern, candle foot, cat's foot, cleft foot, cloven foot, crow's foot, cubic foot, dove's foot geranium, flat foot, foot brake, foot candle, foot doctor, foot dragging, foot guards, foot lever, foot pedal, foot pound, foot poundal, foot race, foot rot, foot rule, foot soldier, foot ton, foot traffic, foot up, foot valve, fossorial foot, goat's foot, hand and foot, heterodactyl foot, horse's foot, human foot, immersion foot, invertebrate foot, lion's foot, lobate foot, metrical foot, square foot, trench foot, tube foot, vertebrate foot, webbed foot, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, zygodactyl foot