All related terms of 'heels'

Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle.

shoes which have relatively low heels

You can refer to high-heeled shoes as high heels .

Spike heels are women's shoes that have high, very narrow heels.

a disease of horses characterized by dermatitis in the region of the fetlock

just behind or following closely

If a person or an animal is at your heels , they are following close behind you.

following close behind you

to insert ( cuttings , shoots, etc) into the soil before planting to keep them moist

to insert ( cuttings , shoots, etc) into the soil before planting to keep them moist

to insert ( cuttings , shoots, etc) into the soil before planting to keep them moist

to wait or be kept waiting

If you are head over heels or head over heels in love , you are very much in love.

If you are kicking your heels , you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient .

to wait somewhere and feel bored or impatient because you have nothing to do, or because someone is deliberately keeping you waiting

close behind; immediately following

to run away

to strike the ball with one's heel and make it go behind one

When something heels over , it leans over very far as if it is about to fall over.

to refuse to give up or modify one's opinion , policy, attitude , etc., esp. when faced with opposition

to refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so

to refuse stubbornly to move or be persuaded

If you say that someone is hot on your heels , you are emphasizing that they are chasing you and are not very far behind you.

to enjoy yourself a lot , for example at a party

to run away .

If you are cooling your heels , someone is deliberately keeping you waiting , so that you get bored or impatient .

a moderately high heel for a shoe or boot

a very high heel on a woman's shoe , tapering to a very narrow tip

a raised shoe heel with the heel and sole forming a solid block

to fall suddenly and deeply in love with someone

to enjoy oneself without inhibition

If you take to your heels , you run away .

If someone such as a soldier clicks their heels , they make a sound by knocking the heels of their shoes together when saluting or greeting someone.

a fairly high and narrow-waisted heel on women's shoes

a low stiletto heel on a woman's shoe

a heel on a shoe composed of several layers, as of leather , of alternating shades

doing nearly as well as someone else in a competitive situation, and likely soon to be doing better than them

If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels , you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans , especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so.

Someone's Achilles heel is the weakest point in their character or nature , where it is easiest for other people to attack or criticize them.

a small dagger with a slender tapered blade

a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends , in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel ) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator

having holes in the heels of one's shoe(s) or sock (s)

to astonish or be astonished

to run off

to act with deliberate slowness

If you drag your feet or drag your heels , you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.

if one event follows hard on the heels of another or hot on the heels of another, one happens very quickly or immediately after another

to surprise or shock someone, and often put them at a disadvantage

Something that is down-at-heel is in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down-at-heel , you mean that they are wearing old , worn clothes because they have little money .

Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars and other machines in order to make them work smoothly.