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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
  • anatomy Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
  • nautical The tilt of a ship to one side; also, angle of heel, the degree of such a tilt.
  • On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
  • The last or lowest part of anything; as, ''the heel of a mast'' or ''the heel of a vessel''.
  • The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
  • US A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To incline to one side, to tilt (especially of ships).
  • To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.

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