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What does the word heel mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To tip or lean to one side; cant, as a ship.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To add a heel to.

Part of speech: noun

The hinder part of the foot or of a shoe, or something like it in position; lower end of a rafter; last part of a thing.

Usage examples for heel

And he turned on his heel, leaving me speechless. – The Maids of Paradise by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
His shoes were down at the heel, and his collar was open. – Look Back on Happiness by Knut Hamsun
At any rate, he turned on his heel and left, after a nervous word or two. – The Professor's Mystery by Wells Hastings Brian Hooker