Definition of footed
: having a foot or feet especially of a specified kind or number —often used in combination a four-footed animal
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Fatigue was inevitably leading to more openings, and Wells guided a left-footed effort just wide of the post for the visitors in a second period that again saw a swing in the impetus.
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Scientists are warning that a boon in the number of white-footed mice in the United States this year could increase the spread of Lyme disease.
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But his right-footed attempt was parried wide by Panama's Jose Calderon.
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Through their bites, these bloodsuckers pick up the bacteria that cause Lyme disease from white-footed mice and then spread those microbes to people.
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Colin Kaepernick went from cornrowed, flashy-footed quarterback to full-on afro’d protester in one season.
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Ostfeld, a respected tick researcher, says blacklegged tick populations can explode based on a boom-and-bust cycle of acorns and white-footed mice, which ticks like to feed on.
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In the ninth minute, forward Dominique Badji had a left-footed attempt blocked before getting the ball back for a header that went right into the hands of goalkeeper Jake Gleeson.
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For reasons that can only be guessed at but which may owe something to her flat-footed inability to think on her feet, May declined all opportunities to debate her opponents on television.
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First Known Use of footed
14th century
FOOTED Defined for English Language Learners
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: having a foot or feet of a specified kind or number
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1 : having a foot or feet a footed goblet
2 : having such or so many feet four-footed animals
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: having a foot or feet especially of a specified kind or number—often used in combination a four-footed animal
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