heelless.html - See: AT ONE'S HEELS, COOL ONE'S HEELS, DOWN AT-THE-HEEL or DOWN-AT-HEEL, DRAG ONE'S FEET or DRAG ONE'S HEELS, HEAD OVER HEELS, KICK UP ONE'S HEELS, ON ONE'S HEELS or ON THE HEELS OF, SET BACK ON ONE'S HEELS or KNOCK BACK ON ONE'S HEELS, TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS also SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS, TO HEEL, TURN ON ONE'S HEEL, WELL-HEELED.

heelless.html - 1a. In a somersault; upside down; head first. * /It was so dark Bob fell head over heels into a big hole in the ground./ Compare: UPSIDE DOWN. 1b. In great confusion or disorder; hastily. * /The children all tried to come in the door at once, head over heels./ Compare: TOPSY-TURVY. 2. {informal} Completely; deeply. * /He was head over heels in debt./ * /She was head over heels in love./

heelless.html - See: HEAD OVER HEELS.

heelless.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the back part of the foot below the ankle.
2 the corresponding part in vertebrate animals.
3 a the part of a sock etc. covering the heel. b the part of a shoe or boot supporting the heel.
4 a thing like a heel in form or position, e.g. the part of the palm next to the wrist, the end of a violin bow at which it is held, or the part of a golf club near where the head joins the shaft.
5 the crust end of a loaf of bread.
6 colloq. a person regarded with contempt or disapproval.
7 (as int.) a command to a dog to walk close to its owner's heel.

--v.

1 tr. fit or renew a heel on (a shoe or boot).
2 intr. touch the ground with the heel as in dancing.
3 intr. (foll. by out) Rugby Football pass the ball with the heel.
4 tr. Golf strike (the ball) with the heel of the club.

at heel 1 (of a dog) close behind.
2 (of a person etc.) under control. at (or on) the heels of following closely after (a person or event). cool (or kick) one's heels be kept waiting. down at heel 1 (of a shoe) with the heel worn down.
2 (of a person) shabby. take to one's heels run away. to heel 1 (of a dog) close behind.
2 (of a person etc.) under control. turn on one's heel turn sharply round. well-heeled colloq. wealthy.

heelless adj. [OE hela, hóla f. Gmc]

heelless.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. (of a ship etc.) lean over owing to the pressure of wind or an uneven load (cf. LIST(2)).
2 tr. cause (a ship etc.) to do this.

--n.

the act or amount of heeling. [prob. f. obs. heeld, hield incline, f. OE hieldan, OS -heldian f. Gmc]

heelless.html - var. of HELE.