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{ "term": "heel", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "image": "data/images/bo/body.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the back part of the foot below the ankle", "sensetop": "on your heels", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Apply the cream to dry, cracked heels before bed." }, { "text": "She took a potato from the fire and sat back on her heels.", "contextForm": "on your heels" }, { "text": "The punch rocked him back on his heels." }, { "text": "Despite severe pain from a badly bruised heel, he ran the race of his life." } ], "topics": ["Body"], "collocations": { "verb + heel": ["lean back on", "sit back on", "squat on"], "heel + verb": ["click"], "heel + noun": ["injury"], "preposition": ["at your heels", "under the heel"], "phrases": [ "close on somebody’s heels", "hard on somebody’s heels", "hot on somebody’s heels" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the part of a sock, etc. that covers the heel", "examples": [], "collocations": { "adjective": ["low", "high", "spike"], "verb + heel": ["catch"], "heel + noun": ["bar"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the raised part on the bottom of a shoe, boot, etc. that makes the shoe, etc. higher at the back", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "shoes with a low/high heel" }, { "text": "a stiletto heel" }, { "text": "He kicked the door shut with the heel of his shoe." }, { "text": "The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out." }, { "text": "She caught her heel and tripped on the step." }, { "text": "I took my shoes to a heel bar to have them repaired." } ], "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["low", "high", "spike"], "verb + heel": ["catch"], "heel + noun": ["bar"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "having the type of heel mentioned", "examples": [ { "text": "high-heeled shoes" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a pair of shoes that have high heels", "examples": [ { "text": "She doesn't often wear heels." }, { "text": "I had to do the whole walk in heels." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "the raised part of the inside of the hand where it joins the wrist", "sensetop": "heel of your hand/palm", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a man who is unpleasant to other people and cannot be trusted", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "following closely behind somebody", "examples": [ { "text": "He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels." }, { "text": "She came up the path with two little dogs at her heels." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to force somebody to obey you and accept discipline", "examples": [ { "text": "a non-violent means of bringing the rebels to heel" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to make a dog come close to you", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to agree to obey somebody and accept their orders", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Discussion and agreement"] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to come close to the person who has called it", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have to wait for somebody/something", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to refuse to do something or to change your mind about something", "examples": [ { "text": "They dug in their heels and would not lower the price." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision", "examples": [], "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very close behind somebody/something; very soon after something", "examples": [ { "text": "He turned and fled with Peter hot on his heels." }, { "text": "They reached the border with the police hot on their heels." }, { "text": "Further successes came hot on the heels of her first best-selling novel." }, { "text": "News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "loving somebody very much", "examples": [ { "text": "He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have nothing to do while you are waiting for somebody/something", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "We were kicking our heels, waiting for some customers." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be relaxed and enjoy yourself", "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to run away from somebody/something", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to follow somebody closely", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction", "examples": [ { "text": "He turned on his heel and marched away angrily." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "completely controlled by somebody", "labels": "(literary)", "examples": [ { "text": "The island spent several centuries under the heel of the British Empire." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/hiːl/", "audio": "he/heel/heel__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/hiːl/", "audio": "he/heel/heel__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun Old English hēla, hǣla, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hiel." }