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feet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/ˈfiːt/
[ˈfɪi̯t]
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rhymes with -iːt
homophone: feat
CMU ARPABET: F IY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

noun

Meaning 1

plural of foot

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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noun

Meaning 2

Fact; performance; feat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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History

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”).

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Derived and related words

Derived: 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, stepping feet illusion, sweep someone off their feet, take the weight off one's feet, the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet, think on one's feet, to one's feet, trip over one's own two feet, two left feet, under one's feet, vote with one's feet, washing of feet

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Hyphenation and homophones

Hyphenation: feet

Homophones: feat

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