Meaning

10 senses

  1. To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.

    She called to her dog to heel.

    (jemandem) auf den Fersen sein

    follow at the heels of a person

  2. To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).

    perform with the heels

  3. To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).

  4. To kick with the heel.

    she heeled her horse forward

    put a new heel on

  5. (transitive)To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.

  6. (transitive)To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.

  7. (transitive)To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.

    strike with the heel of the club

  8. (transitive)To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.

  9. (US, intransitive)At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist.

  10. To incline to one side; to tilt.

    krängen

    tilt to one side

Examples

199 sentences

  1. He's head over heels in love with Mary.

    Він до нестями закоханий у Мері. — deniko

    ruОн по уши влюблен в Мэри. — sharptoothed

    deEr ist über beide Ohren in Mary verliebt. — Dani6187

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  2. I don't like girls who wear high heels.

    Я не люблю дівчат, яки ходять на високих підборах. — deniko

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  3. Tom fell head over heels for Mary.

    Том до нестями закохався у Мері. — deniko

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  4. Are you wearing heels?

    Ти на підборах? — deniko

    deTrägst du Absätze? — Vortarulo

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  5. I don't like high-heeled shoes.

    ruЯ не люблю обувь на каблуках. — Selena777

    deIch mag keine hochhackigen Schuhe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
To follow at somebody's heels:
incline:

Origin

From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from P

From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.

Probably inferred from hielded, the past tense of hield, from Middle English helden, heelden, from Old English hyldan, hieldan (“to incline”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“to pour out”) (whence Danish hælde (“lean, pour”)).

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Forms

heels, heeling, heeled, heeled
Base formheel · to heel
3rd person singularheels
Present participleheeling
Past simpleheeled
Past participleheeled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyheel
he, she, itheels

Past simpleLesson

all personsheeled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave heeled
he, she, ithas heeled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill heel

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Derivedheel outheel up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • wearing high heels
  • high heels
  • head over heels
  • over heels in
  • heels in love

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
heeheedheedlessheftheftyhegemony

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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