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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| heel1 (hiːl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare calcaneus the back part of the human foot from the instep to the lower part of the ankle |
| 2. | the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
| 3. | the part of a shoe, stocking, etc, designed to fit the heel |
| 4. | the outer part of a shoe underneath the heel |
| 5. | the part of the palm of a glove nearest the wrist |
| 6. | the lower, end, or back section of something: the heel of a loaf |
| 7. | horticulture the small part of the parent plant that remains attached to a young shoot cut for propagation and that ensures more successful rooting |
| 8. | nautical |
| a. the bottom of a mast | |
| b. the after end of a ship's keel | |
| 9. | the back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft |
| 10. | rugby possession of the ball as obtained from a scrum (esp in the phrase get the heel) |
| 11. | slang a contemptible person |
| 12. | at one's heels, on one's heels just behind or following closely |
| 13. | dig one's heels in See dig in |
| 14. | down at heel |
| a. shabby or worn | |
| b. slovenly or careless | |
| 15. | kick one's heels, cool one's heels to wait or be kept waiting |
| 16. | rock back on one's heels to astonish or be astonished |
| 17. | show a clean pair of heels to run off |
| 18. | take to one's heels to run off |
| 19. | to heel disciplined or under control, as a dog walking by a person's heel |
| —vb | |
| 20. | (tr) to repair or replace the heel of (shoes, boots, etc) |
| 21. | to perform (a dance) with the heels |
| 22. | (tr) golf to strike (the ball) with the heel of the club |
| 23. | rugby to kick (the ball) backwards using the sole and heel of the boot |
| 24. | to follow at the heels of (a person) |
| 25. | (tr) to arm (a gamecock) with spurs |
| 26. | (NZ) (tr) (of a cattle dog) to drive (cattle) by biting their heels |
| [Old English hēla; related to Old Norse hǣll, Old Frisian hêl] | |
| 'heelless1 | |
| —adj | |
heel (hēl)
n.
The rounded posterior portion of the foot under and behind the ankle.
A similar anatomical part, such as the rounded base of the palm.
heel definition
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