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heel
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi?l/
- Rhymes: -i?l
- Homophones: heal, he'll, hill (in some dialects)
Etymology 1
From Middle English hele, heel, from Old English h?la, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz (compare North Frisian hael, Dutch hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl, Swedish häl), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“hock”), equivalent to hock +? -le. More at hock.
Noun
heel (plural heels)
- (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- 1709, John Denham, Coopers-Hill
- He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged heels and then his armed head.
- 1709, John Denham, Coopers-Hill
- The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
- The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
- The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
- (usually in the plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
- (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
- The last or lowest part of anything.
- 1860, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage
- And then again the sportsmen would move at an undertaker's pace, when the fox had traversed and the hounds would be at a loss to know which was the hunt and which was the heel
- 1860, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage
- (US, Ireland, Australia) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
- A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Chapter 29:
- I grinned at him sneeringly. I was the heel to end all heels. Wait until the man is down, then kick him and kick him again. He's weak. He can't resist or kick back.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Chapter 29:
- (slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
- (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
- Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
- (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
- (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
- (architecture, workman slang) A cyma reversa.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)
- (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
- (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
- The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
- In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
Synonyms
- (end of bread): ender, outsider (Scotland)
Antonyms
- (headlining wrestler): babyface
- (angled cut in carpentry): toe
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
- (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably inferred from the past tense of hield, from Middle English heelden, from Old English hyldan, hieldan (“to incline”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“to pour out”) (whence Danish hælde (“lean, pour”)).
Verb
heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)
- (chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt. [from 16th c.]
Translations
Noun
heel (plural heels)
- (nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant. [from 17th c.]
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 14:
- [T]he boat, from a sudden gust of wind, taking a deep heel, I tumbled overboard and down I went […] .
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 14:
Synonyms
- heeling
Etymology 3
See hele (“conceal, keep secret, cover”).
Verb
heel (third-person singular simple present heels, present participle heeling, simple past and past participle heeled)
- (rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).
- 1911, Biennial Report of the State Geologist, North Carolina Geological Survey Section, page 92:
- They should be dug up with a sharp mattock or grub hoe, the roots being broken as little as possible, and they should be heeled in a a cool place and protected from the sun until ready to plant. When lifted for planting from the trench in which heeled the roots should be kept covered with a wet sack.
- 1913, Indian School Journal, page 142:
- In the late fall the seedlings may be dug and heeled in very closely until all the leaves have dropped.
- 1916, Transactions of the Indiana Horticultural Society, page 111:
- Member: Did you water the trees when you set them out?
- Walter Vonnegut: No; I heeled the trees in as soon as they were received.
- 1937, Robert Wilson, Ernest John George, Planting and care of shelterbelts on the northern Great Plains, page 15:
- If trees are received from the nursery in the fall, they should be carefully heeled in until the planting season opens in the spring.
- 1976, Keith W. Dorman, The Genetics and Breeding of Southern Pines, page 66:
- Place seedlings in the trench. Small-stemmed seedlings may be heeled-in in bunches of 25, but large seedlings should be heeled-in loose.
- (Can we date this quote?), Brian Kerr, Lodge St Lawrence 144 Ritual, page 34:
- [I] of my own free will and accord, do hereby, here at and hereon, solemnly swear that I will always heel, conceal and never improperly reveal any of the secrets or mysteries of, or belonging to [the Masons].
- 1911, Biennial Report of the State Geologist, North Carolina Geological Survey Section, page 92:
Anagrams
- Ehle, Hele, hele
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /he?l/
Noun
héel m
- cardamom
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 84
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?l/
- Hyphenation: heel
- Rhymes: -e?l
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hêel, from Old Dutch h?l, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
Adjective
heel (comparative heler, superlative heelst)
- complete, full, whole
- unbroken, undamaged, untarnished
- big, enormous, significant
Inflection
Synonyms
- gans
- volledig
Derived terms
- geheel
- helen
Related terms
- heil
Adverb
heel
- very
Usage notes
Although an adverb, heel may be inflected as well (hele) to match the following adjective, by analogy with the inflection of adjectives in Dutch. This can, however, only be done when the adjective is inflected as well.
For example, both of these sentences are correct:
But of the following sentences, only the first one is correct:
The form with "hele" may be regarded as informal and less appropriate for formal writing.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
heel
- first-person singular present indicative of helen
- imperative of helen
Anagrams
- hele
Luxembourgish
Verb
heel
- second-person singular imperative of heelen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch h?l, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
Adjective
hêel
- whole, full
- undamaged, unbroken
- healthy, healed
- honest, sincere, pure
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: heel
Further reading
- “heel (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “heel (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II
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beast
English
Alternative forms
- beest (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin b?stia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see b?stia.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /bi?st/
- Rhymes: -i?st
Noun
beast (plural beasts)
- Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
- (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
- Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.
- A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
- (slang) Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
- That is a beast of a stadium.
- The subwoofer that comes with this set of speakers is a beast.
- (slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
- (prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
- 1994, Elaine Player, Michael Jenkins, Prisons After Woolf: Reform Through Riot (page 190)
- Shouts had been heard: 'We're coming to kill you, beasts.' In desperation, Rule 43s had tried to barricade their doors […]
- 1994, Elaine Player, Michael Jenkins, Prisons After Woolf: Reform Through Riot (page 190)
- (figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
- 2000, Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon, Berkley (2001), ?ISBN, page 905:
- […] Even unopposed, the natural obstacles are formidable, and defending his line of advance will be a beast of a problem."
- 2006, Heather Burt, Adam's Peak, Dundurn Press (2006), ?ISBN, page 114:
- He'd be in the hospital a few days — broken collarbone, a cast on his arm, a beast of a headache — but fine.
- 2000, Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon, Berkley (2001), ?ISBN, page 905:
- A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
Derived terms
- beastly
- minibeast
- saddle beast
- beast of burden
Related terms
- bestial
- bestiary
Translations
See also
- belluine (suppletive adjective)
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
beast (third-person singular simple present beasts, present participle beasting, simple past and past participle beasted)
- (Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
Adjective
beast (comparative more beast, superlative most beast)
- (slang, chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
- 1999, "Jason Chue", AMD K6-2 350mhz, FIC VA503+, LGS 64mb PC100 sdram (on newsgroup jaring.pcbase)
- There is another type from Siemens which is the HYB 39S64XXX(AT/ATL) -8B version (notice the "B" and the end) which is totally beast altogether.
- 1999, "Jason Chue", AMD K6-2 350mhz, FIC VA503+, LGS 64mb PC100 sdram (on newsgroup jaring.pcbase)
Anagrams
- Bates, Sebat, abets, baste, bates, beats, besat, betas, esbat, tabes
Middle English
Noun
beast
- Alternative form of beeste
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