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Nouns (30)

n. the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"

foot

n. the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

Foot

n. [extremity of the inferior limb or leg, on which the body stands and moves, and consisting of the instep, the metatarsus and five toes]

foot

n. a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"

hit

n. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"

hit

n. a successful access to an html document on a server

hit

n. a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"

hit

n. a dose of a narcotic drug

infantry, foot

n. an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"

foot, invertebrate foot

n. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

animal foot, foot

n. the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

foot, ft

n. a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"

foot, human foot, pes

n. the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"

metrical foot, foot, metrical unit

n. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

hit, hitting, striking

n. the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang

n. a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

Verbs (32)

hit

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit

v. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"

foot, foot up

v. add a column of numbers

hit, strike

v. drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"

hit, strike

v. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"

strike, hit

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

strike, hit

v. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"

stumble, hit

v. encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

shoot, hit, pip

v. hit with a missile from a weapon

score, hit, tally, rack up

v. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

hit, strike, come to

v. cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"

reach, hit, attain

v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

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Fuzzynyms (101)

jab, prod, stab, poke, dig

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit, strike

v. drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"

reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

punch

v. drive forcibly as if by a punch; "the nail punched through the wall"

clobber, baste, batter

v. strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

tamp down, tamp, pack

v. press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

push

v. move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd pushed forward"

press, push

v. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"

jab, prod, stab, poke, dig

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

dawn

v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

seem

v. appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"

arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up

v. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

begin, start

v. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

begin

v. begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"

emerge

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

stretch, stretch out

v. extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"

pound, pound up

v. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

bruise

v. damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"

pummel, pommel, biff

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

swatter

v. splash and flutter about in or as if in water; "She swattered about in the pool"

beat, beat up, work over

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

bump, knock

v. knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

slap

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

bat

v. use a bat; "Who's batting?"

cuff, whomp

v. hit with the hand

pummel, pommel, biff

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

cross-file, register

v. have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties

reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

pound, pound up

v. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

bruise

v. damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"

pummel, pommel, biff

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

swatter

v. splash and flutter about in or as if in water; "She swattered about in the pool"

beat, beat up, work over

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

slap

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

bat

v. use a bat; "Who's batting?"

cuff, whomp

v. hit with the hand

Synonyms (3)

strike down

v. cause to die, especially suddenly; "The disease struck down many young men in the village"

come, come up

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

Antonyms (3)

miss

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

miss

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

miss

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

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