Meaning of “heel” in the English Dictionary

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heelnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /hiːl/ us ​ /hiːl/

heel noun [ C ] (BODY PART)

B2 the rounded back part of the foot

See also
well heeled

› the part of a sock or shoe that covers the heel of the foot

B1 the raised part at the back of a shoe, under your heel

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Idiom(s)

bring/call sth/sb to heel
come to heel
come/follow hard/hot on the heels of sth
hard/hot/close on sb's heels
take to your heels
under the heel of sth/sb

heelverb [ T ]

uk ​ /hiːl/ us ​ /hiːl/

› to repair the heel of a shoe

› specialized sports In rugby, to heel the ball is to kick it backwards with the heel.

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heelexclamation

uk ​ /hiːl/ us ​ /hiːl/

(Definition of “heel” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"heel" in American English

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heelnoun [ C ]

us ​ /hil/

heel noun [ C ] (BODY PART)

› the rounded back part of the foot:

I’ve got a splinter in my heel.

› The heel of your hand is the raised, inside part close to the wrist.

heel noun [ C ] (FOOT COVERING)

› the part of a sock or shoe that covers the rounded back part of the foot, or the part of the bottom of a shoe that lifts the back of the foot higher than the front

heel noun [ C ] (PERSON)

› infml a person who treats other people badly and unfairly:

I felt like a real heel when I saw how upset she was.

Idiom(s)

(hot) on someone’s heels
(hard) on the heels of something

heelverb [ I ]

us ​ /hil/

heel verb [ I ] (ORDER DOG)

› If you say "Heel!" to a dog, you are ordering it to walk close to you.

(Definition of “heel” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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