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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The arched middle part of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.

n. The part of a shoe or stocking covering the instep.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle.

n. A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

n. The part of a shoe, boot, or stocking covering the instep{1}.

n. That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The arch of the foot; the highest part of the upper side of the human foot, near its junction with the leg; technically, the upper surface of the tarsus.

n. Hence A corresponding part of the hind limb of some animals, as the front of the horse's hind leg from the hock to the pastern.

n. In entomology, the first joint of an insect's tarsus when it is very long and broad; the planta.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot

n. the arch of the foot

Word Usage

"First a cover and then a hot brick to the soles of her feet; but put it right under the instep, that is where the life is. "

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

covering

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

arch

Same Context

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