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Forefoot

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Either of the front feet of a quadruped.
  2. 2
    a front foot of a quadruped wordnet
  3. 3
    The front part of a person's foot.

    "I was not even sure I could change it at all, but I was convinced that I had to change my foot plant and land higher on my forefoot, rather than my heel."

  4. 4
    A piece of timber terminating the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem.

    "I could see the waves boiling white under her forefoot."

Verb
  1. 1
    To repair the front area of (a shoe etc). obsolete, rare
  2. 2
    To catch (a horse) by binding its front legs together with rope. transitive

    "He took the first one that broke and rolled his loop and forefooted the colt and it hit the ground with a tremendous thump."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English forefot, forfote, equivalent to fore- + foot.

Etymology 2

From Middle English forefot, forfote, equivalent to fore- + foot.

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