Слово англійською: heel

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heel

noun
/hiːl/

    part of foot

  1. [countable] the back part of the foot below the ankle
    • Apply the cream to dry, cracked heels before bed.
    • on your heels She took a potato from the fire and sat back on her heels.
    see also back-heel
    2.

    part of sock/shoe

  2. [countable] the part of a sock, etc. that covers the heel
  3. [countable] the raised part on the bottom of a shoe, boot, etc. that makes the shoe, etc. higher at the back
    • shoes with a low/high heel
    • a stiletto heel
    • He kicked the door shut with the heel of his shoe.
    • The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.
    see also Cuban heel, spike heel
    Homophones heal | heel | he'llheal   heel   he'll
    /hiːl/
    • heal verb
      • Salt can heal wounds.
    • heel noun
      • Her heel caught in the stairs and she tumbled down.
    • he'll short form he will
      • He'll arrive in a minute!
    compare sole
    4.

    -heeled

  4. (in adjectives) having the type of heel mentioned
    • high-heeled shoes
    see also well heeled

    5. shoes

  5. heels
     [plural] a pair of shoes that have high heels
    • She doesn't often wear heels.
    • I had to do the whole walk in heels.
    see also kitten heels

    6. part of hand

  6. [countable] heel of your hand/palm the raised part of the inside of the hand where it joins the wrist

    7. unpleasant man

  7. [countable] (old-fashioned, informal) a man who is unpleasant to other people and cannot be trusted
    8. see also Achilles heel, down at heel
    Word Originnoun Old English hēla, hǣla, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hiel.
Idioms
at/on somebody’s heels
  1. following closely behind somebody
    • He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.
    • She came up the path with two little dogs at her heels.
bring somebody/something to heel
  1. to force somebody to obey you and accept discipline
    • a non-violent means of bringing the rebels to heel
  2. to make a dog come close to you
come to heel
  1. (of a person) to agree to obey somebody and accept their ordersTopics Discussion and agreementc2
  2. (of a dog) to come close to the person who has called it
cool your heels
  1. (informal) to have to wait for somebody/something
dig your heels/toes in
  1. to refuse to do something or to change your mind about something
    • They dug in their heels and would not lower the price.
drag your feet/heels
  1. to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision related noun foot-draggingTopics Preferences and decisionsc2
hard/hot on somebody’s/something’s heels
  1. very close behind somebody/something; very soon after something
    • He turned and fled with Peter hot on his heels.
    • They reached the border with the police hot on their heels.
    • Further successes came hot on the heels of her first best-selling novel.
    • News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures.
head over heels in love
  1. loving somebody very much
    • He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss.
    Topics Feelingsc2
kick your heels
  1. (British English) to have nothing to do while you are waiting for somebody/something
    • We were kicking our heels, waiting for some customers.
kick up your heels
  1. (especially North American English, informal) to be relaxed and enjoy yourself
take to your heels
  1. to run away from somebody/something
tread on somebody’s heels
  1. to follow somebody closely
turn/spin on your heel
  1. to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction
    • He turned on his heel and marched away angrily.
under the heel of somebody
  1. (literary) completely controlled by somebody
    • The island spent several centuries under the heel of the British Empire.
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