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heel English

Meaning heel meaning

What does heel mean?
Definitions in simple English

heel Noun

— A part of the foot at the back where it becomes the leg. I have a large heel. — The part of a shoe that supports the foot's heel.

heel Verb

— To follow someone closely at their heels.

heel

— noun the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation — noun the back part of the human foot — noun one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread — noun (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft — noun the lower end of a ship's mast — verb strike with the heel of the club heel a golf ball — verb put a new heel on heel shoes — verb follow at the heels of a person — verb perform with the heels heel that dance — verb (= list) tilt to one side The balloon heeled over the wind made the vessel heel The ship listed to starboard — noun (= dog) someone who is morally reprehensible you dirty dog

Synonyms heel synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as heel?

heel English » English

list careen tilt sole scoundrel lean villain toe tip slant reheel incline hound hock heeling follow elbow dog cant cad bounder blackguard base ankle yobo wrong view verge trend travel top crust tend swag stylopodium stub stance spur spacer block socle sneak sloven slope slob sleet shelve seat pad rotter roll displacement rente recline

Topics heel topics

What do people use heel to talk about?
Person Body Limb

Leg
Daily life Clothing

Parts of clothing
Person Body Limb

Arm

Conjugation heel conjugation

How do you conjugate heel?

heel · verb

Examples heel examples

How do I use heel in a sentence?

Simple sentences

My black shoes need heel repairs.
The plump young woman thrust the heel of her stiletto into my big toe under the pretence that I had been too forceful.
He squashed the insect with the heel of his foot.
He crushed the insect with his heel.
Apart from his heel, Achilles was invulnerable.
What a heel!

Movie subtitles

I don't know. I'd feel kind of like a heel.
Did you ever hear of a heel like that? - No.
Heel, boy.
Heel! Why did you pull the communication cord?
Oh, I feel like such a heel, Johnny.
Well, leave her heel.
Mind telling the radio audience what a heel you are?
Never did I think I'd live to see France groveling in the dust under the Prussian heel.
The guy's heel is in too good a spot.
Look, David, I've lost my heel! Look at me walk.
No, I lost my heel.
My heel caught on something.
Sure, I see it. But a good guy don't pay no attention to what some heel makes him stick on his truck.
You make me feel like a heel, coming between you.
He was a vain, double-crossing heel.
Tell her that I love her. that I'm sorry I acted like such a heel.
Look, David, I've lost my heel!
At one point he had his heel right in my face, ready to smash it in.
Club-footed people invariably bring their full weight down on the toe. If you look closely you'll observe that the weight of the man who made these footprints is normally balanced from toe to heel.
Punchy's third by a heel.
In spite of the fact somebody's up from the bottom he can still be a heel.
I was enough of a heel last night, walking out on Joe the way I did.
YES. THE IMPRESSION SHOWS 5 HOBNAILS SET IN A SEMICIRCLE IN THE RIGHT HEEL.
BUT LOOK AT THOSE MARKS ON THAT HEEL.
Oh, gee, Eddie, you make me feel like a heel, spoiling all your fun.
You're not gonna let him stake his ticket on a heel like that!
The guy's heel is in too good a spot. We go in the front, he swings around and starts popping.
No, I lost my heel. - Don't bother about him.
Oh, look. Kitty's heel.
But a good guy don't pay no attention to what some heel makes him stick on his truck.
You make me feel like a heel comin' between ya.
He was an awful heel!
Yeah, I guess I've been a heel.

News and current affairs

If more countries take this path, it could prove to be the Achilles' heel of non-proliferation.
Certainly, severe US sanctions on Cuba failed to bring the Castro regime to heel; indeed, President Barack Obama's move to reestablish full diplomatic relations may have more effect.
Meanwhile, the country's largest independent media group has been brought to heel by huge, politically motivated tax fines.
As harsh Israeli actions fail to deter Palestinians, Israel seems to raise the stakes, hoping that even harsher, more inhuman acts might bring the Palestinians to heel.
Al Qaeda, too, has an interest in crippling Karzai's government and is happy to exploit its Achilles heel.
Here is Milosevic's Achilles heel.
To bring them to heel, Putin has appointed seven officials (mostly ex-generals and KGB men) resembling tsarist Governors-General who will serve as his agents.
The battle with the judges may well prove to be Mubarak's Achilles' heel.
Gaza has suffered from anarchy; now it will be under the heel of a ruthless dictatorship.
In response, current-account balances - the Achilles' heel of the so-called East Asian growth miracle - went from deficit to surplus.
The problem is that it is no more than a workshop: lack of innovation and creation form the economy's Achilles' heel.
The third and seemingly scariest component of Hwang's formula, militarism, may in fact prove to be the system's Achilles heel.
So Russia's attempts to bring these countries to heel are likely to continue and remain a bone of contention and conflict.
That is no excuse for paranoia and repression, but just because the Party has outlasted predictions of its demise does not mean that it has no Achilles heel.
WASHINGTON, DC - The banking system has become most central bankers' Achilles' heel.
Unfortunately, Ai has become one of the seeds, his freedom crushed by the heel of an inhuman state.
The hardliners' Achilles heel is Ahmedinejad's mismanagement of the economy.
Rather, the Achilles' heel of employee ownership seems to lie in problems of governance.

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