heel

Definitions

• (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
• The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
• The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
• The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
• (usually) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
• (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
• The last or lowest part of anything.
• (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
• (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
• A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
• (slang) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully.
• (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
• Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
• (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
• (specifically) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
• (architecture) A cyma reversa.
• (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
• (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
• The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the toe (upper end).
• In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.