heel

Definitions of heel in various dictionaries:

noun - the bottom of a shoe or boot

noun - the back part of the human foot

noun - someone who is morally reprehensible

noun - one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

noun - the lower end of a ship's mast

noun - (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

verb - tilt to one side

verb - follow at the heels of a person

verb - perform with the heels

verb - strike with the heel of the club

verb - put a new heel on

The rounded posterior portion of the human foot under and behind the ankle.

The corresponding part of the hind foot of other vertebrates.

A similar anatomical part, such as the fleshy rounded base of the human palm or the hind toe of a bird.

The part, as of a sock, shoe, or stocking, that covers the rounded posterior portion of the human foot.

The built-up portion of a shoe or boot, supporting the heel.

One of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread.

Nautical.

The lower end of a mast.

The after end of a ship’s keel.

A lower, rearward surface, as of the head of a golf club where it joins the shaft.

The end of a violin bow where the handle is located.

The basal end of a plant cutting or tuber used in propagation.

Oppression; tyranny: under the heel of Stalinism; the heel of an autocrat.

A dishonorable man; a cad.

To furnish with a heel or heels.

To repair or replace the heels, as for shoes.

To furnish, especially with money.

To arm (a gamecock) with gaffs.

To follow at one’s heels: The dog won’t heel.

Having one’s shoe heels worn down.

Shabby; rundown; poor.

Directly behind.

Immediately following.

Having holes in one’s socks or shoes.

Run-down; shabby; seedy.

Close behind.

Under discipline or control.

A tilt, as of a boat, to one side.

verb - to supply with a heel (the raised part of a shoe)

HEEL - The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot. It is based on the projection of one bone, the calcaneus or heel bone, behind the articu...