Bread vs. Heel
Bread vs. Heel
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Bread
Term A(uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
(countable) Any variety of bread.
Money.
Example: ‘Let's get this bread.’;
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Breadth.
A piece of embroidery; a braid.
(transitive) to coat with breadcrumbs
To make broad; spread.
(transitive) To form in meshes; net.
To spread.
To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.
An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Example: ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’;
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
informal terms for money
cover with bread crumbs;
Example: ‘bread the pork chops before frying them’;
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history, it has been a prominent food in large parts of the world.
Heel
Term B(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
Example: ‘He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.’;
(usually plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
(firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
The last or lowest part of anything.
Example: ‘the heel of a mast’; ‘the heel of a vessel’;
A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
(US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
(card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
(architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
A cyma reversa.
(carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
(golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
Example: ‘The ship gave a heel to port.’;
To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
Example: ‘She called to her dog to heel.’;
To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
To kick with the heel.
(transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
(transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
To incline to one side; to tilt.
To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.
Example: ‘I cannot sing,Nor heel the high lavolt.’;
To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; - in man or quadrupeds.
Example: ‘He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed,His winged heels and then his armed head.’;
The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests
Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
The part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft.
In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground
the back part of the human foot
someone who is morally reprehensible;
Example: ‘you dirty dog’;
one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
the lower end of a ship's mast
(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
the piece of leather that fits the heel
tilt to one side;
Example: ‘The balloon heeled over’; ‘the wind made the vessel heel’; ‘The ship listed to starboard’;
follow at the heels of a person
perform with the heels;
Example: ‘heel that dance’;
strike with the heel of the club;
Example: ‘heel a golf ball’;
put a new heel on;
Example: ‘heel shoes’;
The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot. It is based on the projection of one bone, the calcaneus or heel bone, behind the articulation of the bones of the lower leg.
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