Foot
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). To pay (a bill). To parse into metrical feet.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. Travel by walking. The base or bottom of anything. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. Foot soldiers; infantry. The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. 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. The bottom edge of a sail. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface. The globular lower domain of a protein. The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
Example sentence: As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.
Foundation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
Example sentence: You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.