HUMAN FOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human foot mean? 

• HUMAN FOOT (noun)
  The noun HUMAN FOOT has 1 sense:

1. the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

  Familiarity information: HUMAN FOOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN FOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

foot; human foot; pes

Context example:

armored from head to foot

Hypernyms ("human foot" is a kind of...):

pedal extremity; vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "human foot"):

calcaneus; heelbone; os tarsi fibulare (the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel)

arcuate artery; arteria arcuata (curved artery in the foot)

arteria digitalis; digital arteries (arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes)

arteria metatarsea; metatarsal artery (dorsal and plantar arteries to the metatarsal region of the foot)

intercapitular vein; vena intercapitalis (veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot)

metatarsal vein; vena metatarsus (dorsal and plantar branches of veins serving the metatarsal region of the foot)

instep (the arch of the foot)

sole (the underside of the foot)

toe (one of the digits of the foot)

big toe; great toe; hallux (the first largest innermost toe)

little toe (the fifth smallest outermost toe)

heel (the back part of the human foot)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "human foot"):

flatfoot; pes planus; splayfoot (a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out)

Holonyms ("human foot" is a part of...):

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

 Context examples 

The Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree is the first-professional, postgraduate degree awarded to the graduates who have completed an podiatric medicine program which is designed to prepare physicians who prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases and disorders that affect the human foot and ankle.

(Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientists tested the response of these mosquitoes to skin odorants by placing them in a wind tunnel with a plate of glass beads that had been worn in socks for several hours to give them the scent of human foot odor.

(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)

Out at sea, beyond my window, the wind blew ruggedly from the north. I had been thinking of it, sweeping over those mountain wastes of snow in Switzerland, then inaccessible to any human foot; and had been speculating which was the lonelier, those solitary regions, or a deserted ocean.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)