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# heel

«heel» in Mova's school dictionary: **The back part of your foot under the ankle** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a heel, heels); verb (heel, heels, heeled, heeling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The back part of your foot under the ankle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#m1)

2) The part of a shoe or sock under the back of the foot; «heels» can mean shoes with high heels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#m2)

3) The lower back part of the palm of your hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#m3)

4) (verb) «Heel!» is a command telling a dog to walk close by your side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#m4)

5) To take to your heels means to run away quickly, and to be at someone's heels means to follow right behind them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science and the body, the heel takes your weight when you walk. In first aid, a blister on the heel comes from tight shoes. In pet care, teaching a dog to «heel» keeps it safe on walks. Phrases: «on someone's heels», «high heels», «Achilles heel», «dig your heels in», «head over heels».

### examples

- I got a blister on my heel from my new shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#x1)
- Mum wears heels to parties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#x2)
- The dog walked at my heel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#x3)
- «Heel!» said the trainer, and the dog stopped pulling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#x4)
- My sock has a hole in the heel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#x5)
- The puppy followed close on my heels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#x6)
- Push with the heel of your hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#x7)
- All took to their heels the moment they saw him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/#x8)

### note

Countable: heels. Homophone: «heal» (get better) — «the cut on my heel will heal». «Dig your heels in» means refuse to change your mind. «Head over heels» means falling over or being very much in love.

### In the corpora

- [Grandad's sheepdog Bess nips Chloe's heels, herding her like a lost lamb, until Grandad whistles her off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/13/)
- [Herding dogs like sheepdogs may nip at running children's heels from instinct; the owner should call the dog off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/457-the-cat-that-only-likes-dad-and-other-choosy-pets/28/)
- [And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.722/)
- [Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1618/)
- [In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.172/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.