Word Meanings - FOOTING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. Footing course , one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. -- To pay one's footing, to pay a fee on first doing anything, as
Additional info about word: FOOTING
The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. Footing course , one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. -- To pay one's footing, to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop. Wright. -- Footing beam, the tie beam of a roof. (more info) 1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. In ascent, every stfooting and help to the next. Holder. 2. Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold. As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay. 3. Relative condition; state. Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay. 4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread. Hark, I hear the footing of a man. Shak. 5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. 6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking. 7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures. 8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FOOTING)
- Foundation
- Institution
- establishment
- footing
- base
- basis
- origin
- ground
- groundwork
- rudiments
- substratum
- Situation
- Locality
- position
- top
- site
- seat
- post
- place
- condition
- residence
- aspect
- office
- birth
- plight
- predicament
- standing
- Standing
- Status
- duration
- continuance
- standpoint
- foundation
Related words: (words related to FOOTING)
- GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - FOUNDATION
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, - PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - FOOTMARK
A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge. - OFFICEHOLDER
An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman. - PLACENTARY
Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. - PLACE-KICK
To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. - CONDITIONALITY
The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms. - FOOTPLATE
See - FOOTBRIDGE
A narrow bridge for foot passengers only. - FOOTHOLD
A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange. - GROUNDNUT
The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus - STANDARD
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend, - STANDPOINT
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - ORIGINABLE
Capable of being originated. - STANDPIPE
A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level - CONDITIONAL
Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . - FOOTFIGHT
A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney. - GOOSEFOOT
A genus of herbs mostly annual weeds; pigweed. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - RECONTINUANCE
The act or state of recontinuing. - POST OFFICE
See POST - SURFOOT
Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. Nares. - SALTFOOT
A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot. - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - ABORIGINALLY
Primarily. - STILLBIRTH
The birth of a dead fetus. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - FOURFOOTED
Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts. - CHILDBIRTH
The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor. - OBDURATION
A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. - APPOSITION
The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition , a mode of growth characteristic