How to Spell foot
foot
foot - noun
- The terminal part of the vertebrate leg upon which an individual stands
- An invertebrate organ of locomotion or attachment
- Any of various units of length based on the length of the human foot
- The basic unit of verse meter consisting of any of various fixed combinations or groups of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"Each line of the poem contains five feet."
Etymology
Middle English fot, from Old English fÅt; akin to Old High German fuot foot, Latin ped-, pes, Greek pod-, pous