Dictionary
1. (v. i.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels apart; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

2. (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.

3. (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.

4. (n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.

5. (n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.

6. (n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests

7. (n.) The after end of a ship's keel.

8. (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.

9. (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.

10. (n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.

11. (n.) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.

12. (n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.

13. (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.

14. (n.) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.

15. (v. t.) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.

16. (v. t.) To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.

17. (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.

Thesaurus
SOB accouter afterpart afterpiece appoint arch arm back back door back seat back side balance bastard bear off bedog behind bend blackguard bounder branch off breech broke bugger cad cant careen change the bearing chase clubfoot come about come after come behind counter creep crust curve depart from destitute detour deviate digit digress divagate divaricate diverge dog dowdy dress end equip escape extremity fantail fart fetch about fetlock fit fit out fit up flee fly the coop follow foot forefoot forepaw furnish gear go about go after go behind harefoot hind end hind part hindhead hood hoof hooligan hound impoverished in straitened circumstances incline instep jerk knave lay down lean lean over leavings lie along list louse lowlife man meanie miscreant mother move behind munition occiput out at elbows outfit pad pastern patte paw pedal extremity pedes pes philanderer pied pill pivot pivot about poop poor posterior postern prepare pug pursue put about rascal rat rear rear end rearward recline remainder remains remnant residual residue residuum rest reverse rig rig out rig up rind rogue rotter round rudderpost run away run off run-down scamp scoundrel seedy shabby shadow sheer shift shit shithead shitheel slope slovenly sod sole spin splayfoot split staff stern stinkard stinker strapped string along stump swerve swine swing swing round swivel tack tag tag after tag along tail tail end tailgate tailpiece take flight tilt tip toe tootsy trail trail after tread close upon trend trotter turd turn turn about turn around turn aside turn out turn round turn tail ungula vary veer veer around wheel wheel about whirl worm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Clyx.com


Heedy
Top of Page
Top of Page