Used in a Sentence

footed

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for footed.

Editorial note

I grew up playing soccer with two twins, Brennan and Evan, one was left footed and one was right footed.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having a foot or feet; (in combination) having a specified form or type of foot or number of feet.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of footed gathered in one view.

adjective

Having a foot or feet; (in combination) having a specified form or type of foot or number of feet.

adjective

(of a vessel) Having a foot

adjective

(prosody, usually in combination) Consisting of, or having been put into, metrical feet (of a specified character or number).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for footed.

adjective

(prosody, usually in combination) Consisting of, or having been put into, metrical feet (of a specified character or number).

Example sentences

1

I grew up playing soccer with two twins, Brennan and Evan, one was left footed and one was right footed.

2

The venerable bare-footed Father, whose name is Francis (if awake) always rises up at the approach of strangers.

3

If you want funding to study the blue-footed-boobie get in line, but if you want to study the effects of global warming on the blue-footed-boobie they throw money at you.

4

Instead, get the general area of the top half of your foot to land first, almost flat-footed is fine.

5

The only exceptions, oddly, might be the iPod nano and the iPod touch, which caught the competition completely flat-footed.

6

Petroleum is cheaper to make plastics with, and only because oil companies have already footed the bill of locating and drilling the petroleum.

7

As wrong-footed as Uber appears lately, don't take buzzfeed's word for anything.

8

Presumably she didn't indicate the experience was interesting or novel enough, and hnriot (who footed the bill) decided the cost wasn't worth the benefit.

9

Nobody is going to get caught flat footed on that one.

10

Microsoft could have wrong footed Google by buying Facebook or Twitter.

11

Interview questions often lurk in the language’s darker corners, but you’ll be less likely to be caught flat-footed if you’ve worked through all the chapters recently.

12

Instead, people who cared about the audit footed the bill.

Quote examples

1

Nobody will penalize you in sports if you choose to kick with your left foot when "everyone knows" only right footed kickers succeed in life.

2

He arrives precisely when he means to," and my Frodo a hairy-footed fellow of diminutive stature with an extra-special ring, I'd better have had permission from the Tolkien estate, or a lot of money to burn on lawyers and fines.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use footed in a sentence?

I grew up playing soccer with two twins, Brennan and Evan, one was left footed and one was right footed.

What does footed mean?

Having a foot or feet; (in combination) having a specified form or type of foot or number of feet.

What part of speech is footed?

footed is commonly used as adjective.