Heel

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Heel

Heel : குதிகால்

Heel : குதிகால்

Heel : குதிகால்

Heel definition

Intransitive verb. To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

Noun.

  1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
  2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
  3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
  4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
  5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests
  6. The after end of a ship's keel.
  7. The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.
  8. In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.
  9. The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.
  10. The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
  11. Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
  12. The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
  13. A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.

Transitive verb.

  1. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.
  2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
  3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.