Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A foot or footlike part, especially the foot of a four-footed vertebrate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music: Same as
ground bass (which see, underbass ). - noun Same as
podatus . - noun In prosody, either of the two quatrains which form the first part of a sonnet.
- noun A Middle English form of
piece . - noun In anatomy and zoology:
- noun The foot; the third and distal segment of the hind limb of a vertebrate, consisting of the tarsus, metatarsus, and phalanges: the correlative of manus of the fore limb.
- noun A foot-like part or organ; a peduncle, or base of support.
- noun A Middle English form of
peace .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
foot of a human - noun the
hoof of a quadruped - noun
clubfoot ortalipes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's part of the phrase pes Petruś pava-c traula-c.
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When other groups of muscles are affected at the same time, compound deformities, such as pes calcaneo-valgus, are more likely to result.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Next on the menu are dosas — paper-thin Indian cr ê pes — and savory snacks known as chaat.
Curry Up Now 2010
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The president soon will face a fundamental strategic choice: whether to bend to the power of larger Republican House and Senate contingents in ho pes of accomplishing a few goals, or to resist them and risk the onset of full political gridlock.
Big Personality Out, Smaller Agenda In Gerald F. Seib 2010
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"We're seeing sort of a comeback," said Morten Sohlberg, owner of Cr pes du Nord and founder of the Sm rgas Chef Restaurant Group, with three other Scandinavian restaurants in New York.
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Camper John Bookman, now in his third week, says after a few early missteps, he has mastered cr pes stuffed with smoked chicken and vegetables.
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A crepe-maker pours batter onto the circular hot plate at Cr pes du Nord, a four-month-old French-Scandanavian cr perie and wine bar in the Financial District.
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Here, savory cr pes are more popular and so the brothers adjusted the menu to offer more of those options.
Where Flavor Unfolds 2010
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Wall Street diners pack the tiny, four-month-old Cr pes du Nord for a relaxed but fancy lunch of cr pes.
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Cr pes du Nord is at 17 S. Williams St. and serves lunch weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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