foots

1. 1
   verb

   The form of foot used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   She always foots the bill when the whole team goes out to eat.

   He foots the cost of the trip for everyone in the group.

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2. 2
   nounnonstandardplural

   Plural of foot. Use this form for more than one foot in certain special meanings.

   The sailmaker stitched the foots of both sails by hand.

   Workers in the mill knit the foots of the stockings on a separate machine.

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3. 3
   nounplural

   The thick stuff that sinks to the bottom of a barrel of oil or syrup.

   Like the bits that sink to the bottom of a glass of juice left standing.

   The workers scraped the foots from the bottom of the empty oil barrel.

   Dark foots had settled at the bottom of the molasses cask over the winter.

   Similardregs, sediment, sludge, residue, lees

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