Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forefoot

/fˈɔɹfˌʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: fore-foot
IPA: /fˈɔɹfˌʊt/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the front feet of a quadruped.

noun

The front part of a person's foot.

noun

A piece of timber terminating the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.

verb

To repair the front area of (a shoe etc).

Obsolete

verb

To catch (a horse) by binding its front legs together with rope.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I was not even sure I could change it at all, but I was convinced that I had to change my foot plant and land higher on my forefoot, rather than my heel."
"I could see the waves boiling white under her forefoot."
"He took the first one that broke and rolled his loop and forefooted the colt and it hit the ground with a tremendous thump."
"By the time she was twelve, she could flank and mug as well as her brothers, she could forefoot anything that moved, but it didn't matter."

Etymology

From Middle English forefot, forfote, equivalent to fore- + foot.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore
Root: forefot

Usage

Inflected Forms

forefeet (plural) forefoots (present, singular) forefooting (participle, present) forefooted (participle, past) forefooted (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce forefoot?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɔɹfˌʊt/.
What does forefoot mean?: Either of the front feet of a quadruped.
Where does forefoot come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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