Heel Back Shoes Hiːl Part Close Somebody/Something Hot

• apply the cream to dry, cracked heels before bed.
• she took a potato from the fire and sat back on her heels.
• shoes with a low/high heel
• a stiletto heel

heel

1. the back part of the foot below the ankle
• SEE ALSO back-heel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/back-heel_2
• Apply the cream to dry, cracked heels before bed.
• She took a potato from the fire and sat back on her heels.

Extra Examples

• The punch rocked him back on his heels.
• Despite severe pain from a badly bruised heel, he ran the race of his life.
2. the part of a sock, etc. that covers the heel
3. the raised part on the bottom of a shoe, boot, etc. that makes the shoe, etc. higher at the back
• SEE ALSO Cuban heel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cuban-heel
• shoes with a low/high heel
• a stiletto heel
• He crushed the cigarette under the heel of his shoe.
• The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.

Extra Examples

• She caught her heel and tripped on the step.
• I took my shoes to a heel bar to have them repaired.
4. having the type of heel mentioned
• SEE ALSO well heeled
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/well-heeled
• high-heeled shoes
5. a pair of women’s shoes that have high heels
• SEE ALSO kitten heels
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/kitten-heels
• She doesn't often wear heels.
6. the raised part of the inside of the hand where it joins the wrist
7. a man who is unpleasant to other people and cannot be trusted
8. following closely behind somebody
• He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.
• She came up the path with two little dogs at her heels.
9. to force somebody to obey you and accept discipline
• a non-violent means of bringing the rebels to heel
10. to make a dog come close to you
11. to agree to obey somebody and accept their orders
12. to come close to the person who has called it
13. to have to wait for somebody/something
14. to refuse to do something or to change your mind about something
• They dug in their heels and would not lower the price.
15. to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision
• RELATED NOUN foot-dragging
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/foot-dragging
16. very close behind somebody/something; very soon after something
• He turned and fled with Peter hot on his heels.
• They reached the border with the police hot on their heels.
• Further successes came hot on the heels of her first best-selling novel.
• News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures.
17. loving somebody very much
• He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss.
18. to have nothing to do while you are waiting for somebody/something
• We were kicking our heels, waiting for some customers.
19. to be relaxed and enjoy yourself
20. to run away from somebody/something
21. to follow somebody closely
22. to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction
• He turned on his heel and marched away angrily.
23. completely controlled by somebody
• The island spent several centuries under the heel of the British Empire.

Word Origin

• noun Old English hēla, hǣla, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hiel.