heel

«heel» in Mova's school dictionary: The back part of your foot under the ankle — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a heel, heels); verb (heel, heels, heeled, heeling)

meaning for a pupil

1) The back part of your foot under the ankle. tree →

2) The part of a shoe or sock under the back of the foot; «heels» can mean shoes with high heels. tree →

3) The lower back part of the palm of your hand. tree →

4) (verb) «Heel!» is a command telling a dog to walk close by your side. tree →

5) To take to your heels means to run away quickly, and to be at someone's heels means to follow right behind them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and the body, the heel takes your weight when you walk. In first aid, a blister on the heel comes from tight shoes. In pet care, teaching a dog to «heel» keeps it safe on walks. Phrases: «on someone's heels», «high heels», «Achilles heel», «dig your heels in», «head over heels».

examples

• I got a blister on my heel from my new shoes. tree →
• Mum wears heels to parties. tree →
• The dog walked at my heel. tree →
• «Heel!» said the trainer, and the dog stopped pulling. tree →
• My sock has a hole in the heel. tree →
• The puppy followed close on my heels. tree →
• Push with the heel of your hand. tree →
• All took to their heels the moment they saw him. tree →

note

Countable: heels. Homophone: «heal» (get better) — «the cut on my heel will heal». «Dig your heels in» means refuse to change your mind. «Head over heels» means falling over or being very much in love.

In the corpora

• Grandad's sheepdog Bess nips Chloe's heels, herding her like a lost lamb, until Grandad whistles her off.
• Herding dogs like sheepdogs may nip at running children's heels from instinct; the owner should call the dog off.
• And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob.
• Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.
• In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «heel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.