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noun | verb heelheel1 /hil/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYheel1Origin: Old English hæla ► high heels black boots with high heels ► the heel of ... hand Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape. ► come on the heels of Often one storm will come on the heels of another. 1 OF YOUR FOOT the curved back part of your foot2OF A SHOE the raised part of a shoe that is under the back of your foot: red pumps with three-inch heels black boots with high heels3SHOES heels [plural] a pair of women’s shoes with high heels: I just can’t walk in heels.4OF YOUR HAND the raised part of your hand, near your wrist: Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.5OF A SOCK the part of a sock that covers your heel6on the heels of something very soon after something: Often one storm will come on the heels of another.7(hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels a)following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch him or her: A man raced past, with a police officer hot on his heels. b)to be close behind someone in a competition, election, race, etc.8at somebody’s heels following closely behind someone: The dog trotted happily at Troy’s heels.9take to your heels literary to start running as fast as possible: The boys jumped down and took to their heels.10bring somebody to heel formal to force someone to behave in the way that you want: Party leaders are attempting to bring rebel members to heel.11turn/spin on your heel to suddenly turn away from someone, especially in an angry or impolite way: He turned on his heel and stomped away in anger.12under the heel of somebody/something completely controlled by a government or group: The country is once more under the heel of a dictator.13BAD MAN old-fashioned a man who behaves badly toward other people[Origin: Old English hæla] → see also Achilles' heel, cool your heels at cool2 (4), dig in your heels at dig in (2), be hard on somebody’s heels at hard2 (9), be head over heels in love at head1 (33), be hot on somebody’s heels at hot (19), kick up your heels at kick up (2), well-heeled noun | verb heelheel2 verb VERB TABLEheel |
Present | I, you, we, they | heel | | he, she, it | heels | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | heeled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have heeled | | he, she, it | has heeled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had heeled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will heel | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have heeled |
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Present | I | am heeling | | he, she, it | is heeling | | you, we, they | are heeling | Past | I, he, she, it | was heeling | | you, we, they | were heeling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been heeling | | he, she, it | has been heeling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been heeling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be heeling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been heeling |
1heel! spoken used to tell your dog to walk next to you2[transitive] to put a heel on a shoe3[intransitive] (also heel over) if a boat heels or heels over, it leans to one side as if it is going to fall SYN list: The ship was heeling over in the wind. |