foot vs present

foot

verb
  • To pay (a bill). 

  • 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). 

noun
  • 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. 

  • The bottom edge of a sail. 

  • 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. 

present

verb
  • To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid. 

  • To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally. 

  • To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. 

  • To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit. 

  • To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration. 

  • To give a gift or presentation to (someone). 

  • To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind. 

  • To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow. 

  • To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. 

  • In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty. 

  • To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer. 

  • To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender). 

  • To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration. 

  • To put on, stage (a play etc.). 

  • To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom. 

  • To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth. 

  • To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.). 

  • To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire. 

  • To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour. 

noun
  • The current moment or period of time. 

  • A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions. 

  • The position of a soldier in presenting arms. 

  • The present tense. 

adj
  • Located in the immediate vicinity. 

  • Attentive; alert; focused. 

  • Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention) 

  • Relating to now, for the time being; current. 

  • Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this. 

How often have the words foot and present occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )