Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - heel
Heel
heel
1. n. & v. --n. 1 the back part of the foot below the ankle. 2 the corresponding part in vertebrate animals. 3 a the part of a sock etc. covering the heel. b the part of a shoe or boot supporting the heel. 4 a thing like a heel in form or position, e.g. the part of the palm next to the wrist, the end of a violin bow at which it is held, or the part of a golf club near where the head joins the shaft. 5 the crust end of a loaf of bread. 6 colloq. a person regarded with contempt or disapproval. 7 (as int.) a command to a dog to walk close to its owner's heel. --v. 1 tr. fit or renew a heel on (a shoe or boot). 2 intr. touch the ground with the heel as in dancing. 3 intr. (foll. by out) Rugby Football pass the ball with the heel. 4 tr. Golf strike (the ball) with the heel of the club. Phrases and idioms at heel 1 (of a dog) close behind. 2 (of a person etc.) under control. at (or on) the heels of following closely after (a person or event). cool (or kick) one's heels be kept waiting. down at heel 1 (of a shoe) with the heel worn down. 2 (of a person) shabby. take to one's heels run away. to heel 1 (of a dog) close behind. 2 (of a person etc.) under control. turn on one's heel turn sharply round. well-heeled colloq. wealthy. Derivatives heelless adj. Etymology: OE hela, h{aelig}la f. Gmc 2. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of a ship etc.) lean over owing to the pressure of wind or an uneven load (cf. LIST(2)). 2 tr. cause (a ship etc.) to do this. --n. the act or amount of heeling. Etymology: prob. f. obs. heeld, hield incline, f. OE hieldan, OS -heldian f. Gmc 3. var. of HELE.
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I. noun see: hock Date: before 12th century 1. the back of the human foot below the ankle and behind the arch, the part of the hind limb of other vertebrates that is homologous with the human ~, an anatomical structure suggestive of the human ~, one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread, 4. the part (as of a shoe) that covers the human ~, a solid attachment of a shoe or boot forming the back of the sole under the ~ of the foot, a rear, low, or bottom part: as, the after end of a ship's keel or the lower end of a mast, the base of a tuber or cutting of a plant used for propagation, the base of a ladder, a contemptible person, ~less adjective II. verb Date: 1605 transitive verb 1. to furnish with a ~, to supply especially with money, 2. to exert pressure on, propel, or strike with the ~ , to urge (as a lagging animal) by following closely or by nipping at the ~s , intransitive verb to move along at someone's ~s, III. verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English ~den, from Old English hieldan; akin to Old High German hald inclined, Lithuanian šalis side, region Date: 1575 intransitive verb to lean to one side ; tip, transitive verb to cause (a boat) to ~, IV. noun Date: 1760 a tilt (as of a boat) to one side ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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