1. The bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
   "She replaced the worn-down heels on her favourite boots"
    
2. The back part of the human foot
   "She developed a blister on her heel from her new shoes"
    
3. (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
   "The golfer's shot was off because he hit the ball with the heel of the club"
    
4. The lower end of a ship's mast
   "The sailors secured the rigging to the heel of the mast"
    
5. One of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
   "Some people prefer the heel of the bread for its extra crustiness"
    
6. [informal] Someone who is morally reprehensible
   "you dirty heel";
   - cad [archaic], bounder [Brit, archaic], blackguard, dog [informal], hound

1. Put a new heel on
   "heel shoes";
   - reheel
    
2. Follow at the heels of a person
   "The dog heeled obediently behind its owner"
    
3. (dance) perform with the heels
   "heel that dance"
    
4. (golf) strike with the heel of the club
   "heel a golf ball"
    
5. Tilt to one side
   "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel";
   - list

Sounds like: heel, h

Derived forms: heels, heeling, heeled

Type of: angle, bottom, bushel [US], dance, doctor [informal], end, fix, follow, hit, lean, mend, part, portion, repair, scoundrel, skeletal structure, slant, terminal, tilt, tip, travel along, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic], underneath, underside, undersurface, villain

Part of: boot, club head, clubhead, club-head, foot, golf-club head, human foot, loaf, loaf of bread, pes, shoe

Encyclopedia: Heel, Netherlands