Foot vs. Mile

Footnoun

(countable) A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. t

Footnoun

Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. t

Footnoun

Travel by walking. walking

Footnoun

(countable) The base or bottom of anything. t

Footnoun

(countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.

Footnoun

(countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. co

Footnoun

(countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. t

Footnoun

(countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. co

Footnoun

A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.

Footnoun

Foot soldiers; infantry. co

Footnoun

The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.

Footnoun

The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.

Footnoun

The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. co

Footnoun

(printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.

Footnoun

The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. t

Footnoun

The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.

Footnoun

The bottom edge of a sail. t

Footnoun

The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.

Footnoun

In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.

Footnoun

The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.

Footnoun

The globular lower domain of a protein. co

Footnoun

The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.

Footnoun

Fundamental principle; basis; plan.

Footnoun

Recognized condition; rank; footing.

Footnoun

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

Footnoun

The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.

Footnoun

That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

Footnoun

The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain, column, or page; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed; ; the foot of the page.

Footnoun

Fundamental principle; basis; plan; - used only in the singular.

Footnoun

Recognized condition; rank; footing; - used only in the singular.

Footnoun

A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Footnoun

Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

Footnoun

A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

Footnoun

The lower edge of a sail.

Footverb

To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

Footverb

To walk; - opposed to ride or fly.

Footverb

To kick with the foot; to spurn.

Footverb

To set on foot; to establish; to land.

Footverb

To tread; as, to foot the green.

Footverb

To sum up, as the numbers in a column; - sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.

Footverb

To seize or strike with the talon.

Footverb

To renew the foot of, as of a stocking.

Footnoun

a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard;

Footnoun

the foot of a human being;

Footnoun

the lower part of anything;

Footnoun

travel by foot;

Footnoun

a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being

Footnoun

a support resembling a pedal extremity;

Footnoun

lowest support of a structure;

Footnoun

any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

Footnoun

an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot;

Footnoun

a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger

Footnoun

a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Footverb

pay for something;

Footverb

walk;

Footverb

add a column of numbers

Footnoun

the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands or walks.

Footnoun

a corresponding part of the leg in vertebrate animals.

Footnoun

a locomotory or adhesive organ of an invertebrate.

Footnoun

the part of a sock, stocking, etc. that covers the foot.

Footnoun

a person's body below the torso, including the entire leg and the foot.

Footnoun

a person's manner or speed of walking or running

Footnoun

infantry; foot soldiers

Footnoun

a projecting part on which a piece of furniture or each of its legs stands.

Footnoun

a device on a sewing machine for holding the material steady as it is sewn.

Footnoun

the part by which a petal is attached.

Footnoun

the lower or lowest part of something; the base or bottom

Footnoun

the end of a table that is furthest from where the host sits.

Footnoun

the end of a bed, couch, or grave where the occupant's feet normally rest.

Footnoun

the lower edge of a sail.

Footnoun

a unit of linear measure equal to 12 inches (30.48 cm)

Footnoun

a unit used in describing a set of organ pipes according to its pitch, the designation being the length of one particular pipe

Footnoun

a unit used in describing a set of harpsichord strings playing at the same pitch as a set of organ pipes of the same designation

Footnoun

a group of syllables constituting a metrical unit. In English poetry it consists of stressed and unstressed syllables, while in ancient classical poetry it consists of long and short syllables.

Footverb

cover a distance, especially a long one, on foot

Footverb

dance

Foot

The foot (plural: feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion.

Milenoun

The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

Milenoun

Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.

Milenoun

Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.

Milenoun

Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).

Milenoun

(travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.

Milenoun

(informal) Any similarly large distance.

Milenoun

(slang) A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)

Milenoun

(slang) One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

Milenoun

A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

Milenoun

a unit of length equal to 1760 yards

Milenoun

a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters

Milenoun

a large distance;

Milenoun

a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)

Milenoun

a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)

Milenoun

an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

Milenoun

a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

Milenoun

a footrace extending one mile;

Milenoun

a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres).

Milenoun

a race extending over a mile

Milenoun

a Roman measure of 1,000 paces (approximately 1,620 yards).

Milenoun

a very long way or a very great amount

Mileadverb

by a great amount or a long way

Mile

The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and US customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The statute mile was standardised between the British Commonwealth and the United States by the international agreement in 1959, when it was formally redefined with respect to SI units as exactly 1,609.344 metres.