footing

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Synonyms: footling, rooting, booting, fooling, hooting, sooting, looting, tooting, mooting, fooding, fooking

Antonyms: footling, rooting, booting, fooling, hooting, sooting, looting, tooting, mooting, fooding, fooking

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Noun

1. A [[ground]] for the foot; [[place]] for the foot to [[rest]] on; [[firm]] [[foundation]] to [[stand]] on.
2. A [[standing]]; [[position]]; [[established]] place; [[foothold]].
3. A [[relative]] [[condition]]; [[state]].
4. {{lb|en|dated}} A [[tread]]; [[step]]; especially, a measured tread.
5. {{lb|en|rare}} A [[footprint]] or [[footprints]]; [[track]]s, someone's [[trail]].
6. {{cap|stability}} or [[balance]] when [[stand]]ing on one's [[feet]].
7. {{lb|en|by extension}} {{cap|mental}} [[stability]] or [[balance]].
8. The act of [[add]]ing up a [[column]] of [[figures]]; the [[amount]] or [[sum]] [[total]] of such a column.
9. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot
10. Foundation or basis for further advancement or development.
11. A [[narrow]] [[cotton]] [[lace]], without [[figure]]s.
12. The [[finer]] [[refuse]] part of [[whale]] [[blubber]], not wholly [[deprived]] of [[oil]].<ref>{{R:Simmonds Trade}}</ref>

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|foot||ing-form}}

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