| ankle |
Your ankle is the part of your body between your leg and your foot. It is the place where the bones of your foot and leg connect. |
| balance |
If you are on a bicycle and you have your balance, you don't fall to one side or the other. If you stand on one foot and do not move or fall, you have your balance. [1/2 definitions] |
| centimeter |
A centimeter is a certain length. We might say that a short pencil is ten centimeters long, for example. When we measure something in centimeters, we are using a system of measuring called the metric system. When we use the metric system, we don't use measuring words like inch and foot. We use words like centimeter and meter. A centimeter is pretty short. A centimeter is about as long as a ladybug or maybe the distance across the tip of your little finger. A short way to write centimeter is cm. |
| claw |
A claw is a thin, sharp, curved nail on the foot of an animal. |
| feeling |
If you have a pain in your foot, your foot sends a message to your brain that says, "I'm hurting!" That message is called a feeling. If someone's fingers get very, very cold, they sometimes stop sending any message to the brain at all. When that happens, we say that there is no feeling in those fingers or that the fingers have lost feeling. [1/2 definitions] |
| feet |
Feet is the word we use when we are talking about more than one foot. |
| foot |
Your foot is the part of your body that touches the ground when you stand. The foot is the end part of your leg. [2 definitions] |
| footprint |
A footprint is a mark that a foot makes. You make a footprint when you step in wet sand. If you walk on a clean floor with a dirty shoe, you leave a footprint. |
| habit |
A habit is something you do without thinking about it or even without wanting to do it. Some people have a habit of biting their nails, playing with their hair, or tapping their foot. [1/2 definitions] |
| heel1 |
Your heel is the back part of your foot that is round at the end. [2 definitions] |
| infection |
Infection is the action of germs getting inside people's bodies and causing harm or illness. If you have a cut on your foot, infection can start. Infection can damage your skin and your foot, and it can sometimes spread to the inside of your body and make you very sick. [1/2 definitions] |
| kick |
When you kick something, you hit it with your foot. [2 definitions] |
| meter1 |
A meter is a certain length. You might say that a baseball bat is one meter long, for example. When we measure something in meters, we are using a system of measuring called the metric system. When we use the metric system, we don't use measuring words like foot and inch. We use words like meter and centimeter. A meter is a little longer than three feet, and three feet is equal to 36 inches. A long baseball bat is 42 inches, and a meter is about 39 inches. A short way to write meter is m. |
| ostrich |
An ostrich is a large, powerful bird that can run very fast but cannot fly. It has two toes on each foot and no feathers on its long legs and neck. Wild ostriches are found in Africa, but they live on farms in other parts of the world too. |
| paw |
A paw is the foot of an animal that has four legs and claws. Cats, dogs, rabbits, and bears are some kind of animals that have paws. |
| pedal |
A pedal is a thing you push with your foot to make something move or to control some kind of machine. Bicycles have pedals that you push to make the bicycle go. |
| sandal |
A sandal is a shoe that covers only a small part of your foot. People often wear sandals when the weather is hot. |
| shoe |
A shoe is something you wear on your foot. Shoes are made of leather, cloth, or some other material made in a factory. |
| skateboard |
A skateboard is something you can ride. It is a narrow, flat board that has four wheels on the bottom. You ride a skateboard by standing on it. Sometimes you push it with one foot to make it go. [1/2 definitions] |
| skip |
When you skip, you move forward by sliding and jumping a little on one foot and then on the other. When you skip, you usually move along faster than walking but not as fast as running. [1/2 definitions] |
| sock1 |
A sock is a covering for your foot made of cloth. People wear socks inside their shoes. |