English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "heel"

heel

Từ điển Collocation

heel noun

¹ back part of the foot

VERB + HEEL lean back on, sit back on, squat on She took a potato from the fire and sat back on her heels. | rock (back) on The punch rocked him back on his heels. He rocked back and forth on his heels as he laughed. | pivot on, spin on, turn on He turned on his heel and marched away angrily. | click (together) The officer clicked his heels together and saluted. | catch She caught her heel and tripped. | injure

HEEL + VERB click

HEEL + NOUN injury

PREP. at your ~s She came up the path with two little dogs at her heels. | under the ~ (figurative) For years the nation had been under the heel of a dictatorial regime.

PHRASES (close/hard/hot) on your heels (figurative) They reached the border with the police hot on their heels.

² part of a shoe/sock

ADJ. flat, low | high, spike, stiletto | three-inch, etc.

HEEL + NOUN bar I took my shoes to a heel bar to have them repaired.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
• the back part of the human foot
• someone who is morally reprehensible; cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound

  you dirty dog

• one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
• the lower end of a ship's mast
• (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

v.

• tilt to one side; list

  The balloon heeled over

  the wind made the vessel heel

  The ship listed to starboard

• follow at the heels of a person
• perform with the heels

  heel that dance

• strike with the heel of the club

  heel a golf ball

• put a new heel on; reheel

  heel shoes

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

heels|heeled|heeling
syn.: blackguard bounder cad dog hound list reheel