Main Entry:

²heel

Function:

verb

Date:

1605

transitive verb

1 a: to furnish with a heel b: to supply especially with money2 a: to exert pressure on, propel, or strike with the heel <heeled her horse> b: to urge (as a lagging animal) by following closely or by nipping at the heels <dogs heeling cattle>intransitive verb: to move along at someone's heels