floor vs foot

floor

noun
  • That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 

  • The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition. 

  • A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements. 

  • The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers. 

  • The lower inside surface of a hollow space. 

  • The area of a casino where gambling occurs. 

  • A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap. 

  • In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery. 

  • The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. 

  • The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge. 

  • A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. 

  • The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine. 

  • An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise 

  • A dance floor. 

  • A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories. 

  • The largest integer less than or equal to a given number. 

  • A storey/story of a building. 

  • Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). 

  • Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event. 

verb
  • To set a lower bound. 

  • To cover or furnish with a floor. 

  • To amaze or greatly surprise. 

  • To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down. 

  • To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate. 

  • To silence by a conclusive answer or retort. 

  • To finish or make an end of. 

foot

noun
  • The bottom edge of a sail. 

  • The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest. 

  • The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. 

  • Travel by walking. 

  • The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. 

  • In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant. 

  • The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward. 

  • A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. 

  • The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove. 

  • A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. 

  • A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. 

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

  • The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. 

  • Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. 

  • The base or bottom of anything. 

  • The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads. 

  • The globular lower domain of a protein. 

  • The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface. 

  • Fundamental principle; basis; plan. 

  • The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it. 

  • Foot soldiers; infantry. 

  • Recognized condition; rank; footing. 

  • The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting. 

  • The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked. 

verb
  • To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up. 

  • To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip. 

  • To walk. 

  • To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.). 

  • To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). 

  • To pay (a bill). 

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