English Explanatory Dictionary

feet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of foot
noun
  1. Fact; performance; feat.

Pronunciation

/ˈfiːt/ [ˈfɪi̯t] en-us-feet.ogg

Word forms

feet

Etymology

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).

Derived words

a closed mouth gathers no feet at one's feet at the feet of beat feet burning feet syndrome chicken feet cold feet cover one's feet crow's feet crow's-feet cut the ground from under someone's feet dead on one's feet drag one's feet end-feet fall on one's feet fall over one's feet feel eight feet tall feel nine feet tall feel ten feet tall feel twelve feet tall feetage feet dry feeted feet-first feet first feetfirst feeties feetless feetlong feet of clay feet on the ground feetsies feetsy feetwear feet wet find one's feet flat feet get cold feet get one's feet wet get to one's feet hold someone's feet to the fire itchy feet jump in with both feet kick one's feet up land on one's feet lay something at the feet of let the grass grow round one's feet let the grass grow under one's feet light on one's feet on one's feet out on one's feet peet plant one's feet put one's feet up quick on one's feet rushed off one's feet shake off the dust from one's feet shake the dust from one's feet six feet under stand on one's own two feet
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