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.
• 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,
• 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
• 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.
• 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 . . .
• 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
• 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.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• 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