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.
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).
A ship's anchor.
Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.
The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.
A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
A field sown two years in succession.
A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)
A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
A ball that is rolled in a curved line.
A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
A jack (the playing card).
Any of the chevrons denoting rank.
An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
Synonym of shoulder (“the part of a wave that has not yet broken”)
A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
a háček.
a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc
A finesse.
A curveball.
A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
A prostitute.
A snare; a trap.
A knee-shaped wooden join connecting the keel to the stem (post forming the frontmost part of the bow) or the sternpost in cog-like vessels or similar vessels.
To attach a hook to.
To finesse.
To catch with a hook (hook a fish).
To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).
To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)
To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook.
To connect (hook into, hook together).
To engage in prostitution.
To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.
To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook.
To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.
To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.
To play a hook shot.
To make addicted; to captivate.
To move or go with a sudden turn.
To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.