noun
Meaning 1
Either of the front feet of a quadruped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
forefoot
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noun
Meaning 2
The front part of a person's foot.
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noun
Meaning 3
A piece of timber terminating the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.
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Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding
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verb
Meaning 4
To repair the front area of (a shoe etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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verb
Meaning 5
To catch (a horse) by binding its front legs together with rope.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 6
a front foot of a quadruped
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal foot, foot
History
Etymology
From Middle English forefot, forfote, equivalent to fore- + foot.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Vorderfuß — either of the front feet of a quadruped
- Kven: etujalka — either of the front feet of a quadruped
- Latin: antepēs — either of the front feet of a quadruped
- Norwegian: forfot — either of the front feet of a quadruped
- Polish: przednia stopa — either of the front feet of a quadruped
- Swedish: framfot — either of the front feet of a quadruped
- Finnish: sitoa etujalat — to bind the forefeet of an animal
- Polish: krępować przednie stopy — to bind the forefeet of an animal
- Polish: skrępować przednie stopy — to bind the forefeet of an animal