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Noun heel has 7 senses

heel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground
--₁ is a kind of bottom, underside, undersurface
--₁ is a part of footwear, footgear
--₁ has part: lift
--₁ has particulars:
Cuban heel; French heel; spike heel, stiletto heel; stacked heel; wedge heel, wedge; wineglass heel

Derived forms: verb heel₃, verb heel₂
heel - the back part of the human foot
--₂ is a kind of skeletal structure
--₂ is a part of foot, human foot, pes
--₂ has parts: Achilles tendon, tendon of Achilles
Derived forms: verb heel₃, verb heel₂
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel - someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"
--₃ is a kind of villain, scoundrel
--₃ has particulars: perisher
heel - one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
--₄ is a kind of end
--₄ is a part of loaf of bread, loaf
heel - the lower end of a ship's mast
--₅ is a kind of end
heel - (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
--₆ is a kind of part, portion
--₆ is a part of golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead
Derived form: verb heel₄
counter, heel - the piece of leather that fits the heel
--₇ is a kind of piece of leather
--₇ is a part of shoe
Derived form: verb heel₅

Verb heel has 5 senses

list, heel - tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard"
--₁ is one way to lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
heel - follow at the heels of a person
--₂ is one way to follow, travel along

Derived forms: noun heel₂, noun heel₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
heel - perform with the heels; "heel that dance"
--₃ is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

Derived forms: noun heel₂, noun heel₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
heel - strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"
--₄ is one way to hit

Derived form: noun heel₆
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
heel, reheel - put a new heel on; "heel shoes"
--₅ is one way to repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on

Derived form: noun heel₇
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something