footing

n. basis, foundation; foothold, place for standing; secure position; stability; terms of a relationship; act of walking

v. attach a foot to; walk; pay (Slang); move with the rhythm; dance on

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Noun
1. status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"
(synonym) terms
(hypernym) status, position
2. a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
(synonym) basis, ground
(hypernym) foundation
(hyponym) common ground
3. a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
(synonym) foothold
(hypernym) support
(hyponym) toehold

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Noun
1. a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
(synonym) ft
(hypernym) linear unit
(part-holonym) yard, pace
(part-meronym) inch, in
2. the foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
(synonym) human foot, pes
(hypernym) vertebrate foot, pedal extremity
(hyponym) flatfoot, splayfoot, pes planus
(part-holonym) leg
(part-meronym) heelbone, calcaneus, os tarsi fibulare
(derivation) leg it, hoof, hoof it
3. the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
(antonym) head
(hypernym) bottom
4. travel by foot; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
(hypernym) walk
(derivation) leg it, hoof, hoof it
5. a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being
(synonym) animal foot
(hypernym) vertebrate foot, pedal extremity
(hyponym) fossorial foot
6. a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
(hypernym) support
(part-holonym) leg
7. lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
(synonym) foundation, base, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
(hypernym) support
(hyponym) bed
(part-holonym) structure, construction
8. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
(synonym) invertebrate foot
(hypernym) organ
(hyponym) tube foot
(part-holonym) invertebrate
9. an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
(synonym) infantry
(hypernym) army unit
(hyponym) paratroops
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
10. a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
(hypernym) secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
11. a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
(synonym) metrical foot, metrical unit
(hypernym) meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence
(hyponym) dactyl

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Verb
1. pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
(synonym) pick
(hypernym) pay
2. walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"
(synonym) leg it, hoof, hoof it
(hypernym) walk
(classification) colloquialism
3. add a column of numbers
(synonym) foot up
(hypernym) add, add together
(classification) arithmetic

nm. jogging, moving at a jog

nm. jogging