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# foot

noun (foot, feet); verb (foot the bill — pay)

«foot» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A foot is the part of your leg you stand on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#m1)
2. A foot is a unit of length, about as long as a ruler; a foot is 12 inches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#m2)
3. The foot of something is its bottom: «the foot of the hill». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#m3)
4. On foot means walking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#m4)

### In the lessons

a unit of length (feet tall, feet long), or the feet of people and animals; a foot is 12 inches and a yard is 3 feet; phrases: «on foot», «feet tall», «feet long», «at the foot of», «put your foot down» (be firm)

### Examples

- The tree is 25 feet tall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x1)
- The fence is 40 feet long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x2)
- One foot is 12 inches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x3)
- The frog jumped 10 feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x4)
- We go to school on foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x5)
- A duck has webbed feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x6)
- They camped at the foot of the mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x7)
- A yard is 3 feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x8)
- Charney trembled from head to foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/#x9)

### Note

«A foot is 12 inches.» «A yard is 3 feet.» Plural: feet (not «foots»). A unit of length, not a thing counted. Trap: feet and inches must be changed to one unit before adding or comparing. Short form: ft.

## In Jewish tradition

It includes the feet that must be washed before priestly service, and "foot for foot" in the law of damage.

**Interpretation.** "Eye for eye" is read by tradition as meaning payment of money for the harm. Priests washed hands and feet before entering the holy place.

### Examples

- or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, (Torah LEV.21.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x1)
- eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, (Torah EXO.21.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x2)
- And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat; (Torah EXO.30.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x3)
- Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem; (Writings PSA.122.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x4)
- He subdueth peoples under us, and nations under our feet. (Writings PSA.47.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x5)
- I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? (Writings SNG.5.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/#x6)

### Note

«A foot is 12 inches.» «A yard is 3 feet.» Plural: feet (not «foots»). A unit of length, not a thing counted. Trap: feet and inches must be changed to one unit before adding or comparing. Short form: ft.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «foot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«foot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/foot.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «foot» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«foot» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/foot.html) on Mova free.