Heel

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  • intransitive & transitive verb. To tilt or cause to tilt to one side.
  • noun. A tilt, as of a boat, to one side.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The rounded posterior portion of the human foot under and behind the ankle.
  • noun. The corresponding part of the hind foot of other vertebrates.
  • noun. A similar anatomical part, such as the fleshy rounded base of the human palm or the hind toe of a bird.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The part, as of a sock, shoe, or stocking, that covers the heel.
  • noun. The built-up portion of a shoe or boot, supporting the heel.
  • noun. One of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread.
  • noun. The lower or rearward part, as.
  • noun. The part of the head of a golf club where it joins the shaft.
  • noun. The end of a violin bow where the handle is located.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The lower end of a mast.
  • noun. The after end of a ship's keel.
  • noun. The basal end of a plant cutting or tuber used in propagation.
  • noun. Oppression; tyranny.
  • noun. A dishonorable or unscrupulous person.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To furnish with a heel or heels.
  • intransitive verb. To repair or replace the heels, as for shoes.
  • intransitive verb. To furnish, especially with money.
  • intransitive verb. To arm (a gamecock) with gaffs.
  • intransitive verb. To press or strike with the heel.
  • intransitive verb. To follow at one's heels.
  • idiom. (down at the heel/heels) With the heel worn down. Used of shoes.
  • idiom. (down at the heel/heels) Shabby or poor in appearance.
  • idiom. (lay by the heels) To put in fetters or shackles; imprison.
  • idiom. (on/upon) Directly behind.
  • idiom. (on/upon) Immediately following.
  • idiom. (heel/heels) Having holes in one's socks or shoes.
  • idiom. (heel/heels) Rundown; shabby; seedy.
  • idiom. (take to (one's) heels) To run away; flee.
  • idiom. (to heel) Close behind.
  • idiom. (to heel) Under discipline or control.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant: as, the ship gave a heel to port. Also heeling.
  • noun. An obsolete spelling of heal.
  • To tilt, incline, or cant over from a vertical position, as a ship.
  • To pour out.
  • To turn partly over; come to a tilted position; cant: as, the ship heeled over.
  • Same as heal, 3.
  • noun. undefined
  • In golf, to strike (a ball) on the heel of the club.
  • To perform by the use of the heels or feet, as a dance.
  • To furnish with a heel or heel-piece, as any foot-covering; put a heel to, as a shoe or stocking.
  • To catch by the heels.
  • To arm with a gaff or spur, as a cock.
  • To equip or arm. See heeled, 2.
  • In sporting, to come or walk behind one's heels: used of a dog, and chiefly in command.
  • Word Usage
    "The only way to bring them to heel is to deal them enough defeats that they begin to question whether they properly understood what their god wants."
    Form
    heeled  heeling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    angle  bushel  dance  doctor  end  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Biel  Brasil  Camille  Cecile  Cele  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ankle  boot  claw  collar  elbow  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    heeled  heeling  heels