Crossword-Solution: HEEL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Heel | v. i. | To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. |
| Heel | n. | The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. |
| Heel | n. | The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. |
| Heel | n. | The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. |
| Heel | n. | Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. |
| Heel | n. | The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests |
| Heel | n. | The after end of a ship's keel. |
| Heel | n. | The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. |
| Heel | n. | In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. |
| Heel | n. | The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. |
| Heel | n. | The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. |
| Heel | n. | Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. |
| Heel | n. | The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. |
| Heel | n. | A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. |
| Heel | v. t. | To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. |
| Heel | v. t. | To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe. |
| Heel | v. t. | To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| HEEL | anagram | EHEL, EHLE, HELE |
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Sentences with HEEL (5)
When she sat down to a basketful of their stockings, every heel with a hole in it, she would fling up her arms and exclaim, “Oh dear, I am sure I sometimes think spinsters are to be envied!” Her face beamed when she exclaimed this.
Between Thee and the Woman I will put Enmitie, and between thine and her Seed; Her Seed shall bruise thy head, thou bruise his heel.
Presently I got up and came through the passage here, limping, because my heel was still painful, and feeling sorely begrimed.
The schoolmaster now bestowed both whip and heel upon the starveling ribs of old Gunpowder, who dashed forward, snuffling and snorting, but came to a stand just by the bridge, with a suddenness that had nearly sent his rider sprawling over his head.
She adapted herself to circumstances with a well-bred ease which solved many of her husband’s difficulties, and kept him, as he said, from feeling cheap and down at the heel.
Quotes with HEEL (3)
We also find *physics*, in the widest sense of the word, concerned with the explanation of phenomena in the world; but it lies already in the nature of the explanations themselves that they cannot be sufficient. *Physics* is unable to stand on its own feet, but needs a *metaphysics* on which to support itself, whatever fine airs it may assume towards the latter. For it explains phenomena by something still more unknown than are they, namely by laws of nature resting on forces…
Why?" I shrieked, hitting him again and again, and again, the sound of the blows thudding against his chest. "Why, why why!".Because I was afraid!" He got hold of my wrists and threw me backward so I fell across the bed. He stood over me, fists clenched, breathing hard. I am a coward, damn you! I couldna tell ye, for fear ye would leave me, and unmanly thing that I am, I thought I couldna bear that!"~~~~~~~~~You should have told me!" And if I had?, You'd have turned on your h…
Little sister don't you worry about a thing today Take the heat from the sun Little sister I know that everything is not ok But you're like honey on my tongue True love never can be rent But only true love can keep beauty innocent I could never take a chance Of losing love to find romance In the mysterious distance Between a man and a woman No I could never take a chance'Cause I could never understand The mysterious distance Between a man and a woman You can run from love And…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 462 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).