foot

foot [feet] n

OE fot, fet. NW says probably allied to Gk, to walk, tread.

1. Shoe; boot; [fig.] dancer; dance of blessed spirits; [metonymy] meter; metrical unit; numerical measurement in verse; combination of stressed and unstressed syllables in the line of a lyric.
2. Base; bottom; lower part.
3. Footing; foundation; condition; state of being.
4. Lower extremity of a leg; part of the leg that stands or walks on the ground.
5. Step; pace.
6. Farther end of a grave; opposite the headstone.
7. Root; bottom growth; part anchoring a plant in the soil.
8. Transport; means of walking.
9. Organ of locomotion; attachment belonging to certain invertebrate animals That which resembles an animal's foot in shape or function.