heel
🇺🇸
/hiːl/
🇬🇧
/hiːl/
noun
B2
The back part of your foot.
She hurt her heel when she stepped on a rock.
R
The part of a sock that covers your heel.
There is a hole in the heel of my sock.
B2
The raised back part of a shoe.
Her shoes have a high heel.
R
Having a certain type of heel.
She wears high-heel shoes to work.
R
Shoes with high heels.
She loves wearing heels to parties.
R
The raised part where your hand meets your wrist.
He held the rope with the heel of his hand.
R
A bad person who cannot be trusted.
He turned out to be a real heel.
verb
R
To fix the heel of a shoe.
He needs to heel his worn-out shoes.
R
To lean to one side.
The ship began to heel in the storm.
translation
The back part of your foot.; The part of a sock that covers your heel.; The raised back part of a shoe.; Having a certain type of heel.; Shoes with high heels.; The raised part where your hand meets your wrist.; A bad person who cannot be trusted.
To fix the heel of a shoe.; To lean to one side.
Word Forms
Plural
heels
Progressive
heeling
Past
heeled
Perfect
heeled
3rd Present
heels