| Noun | 1. | heel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the groundCuban heel - a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes French heel - a fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes lift - one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot | |
| 2. | heel - the back part of the human foothuman foot, pes, foot - the foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" | |
| 3. | heel - someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"scoundrel, villain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | |
| 4. | heel - one of the crusty ends of a loaf of breadend - either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line" | |
| 5. | heel - the lower end of a ship's mastend - either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line" | |
| 6. | heel - (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaftgolf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes portion, part - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" | |
| 7. | heel - the piece of leather that fits the heelshoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material | |
| Verb | 1. | heel - tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard"lean, tilt, angle, slant, tip - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" list, lean - cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree" | |
| 2. | heel - follow at the heels of a persontravel along, follow - travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail" | |
| 3. | heel - perform with the heels; "heel that dance"dance - an artistic form of nonverbal communication | |
| 4. | heel - strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" | |
| 5. | heel - put a new heel on; "heel shoes" | |