"heelful" meaning in All languages combined

See heelful on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: heelfuls [plural], heelsful [plural]
Etymology: From heel + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heel|ful|pos=noun}} heel + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|heelsful}} heelful (plural heelfuls or heelsful)
  1. As much as will cover a heel or that a heel will displace.

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈhɛːlful/ Forms: heelfulle [plural], heelfulle [singular, weak]
Etymology: From hele + -ful. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|hele|-ful}} hele + -ful Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|heelfulle||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} heelful (plural and weak singular heelfulle), {{enm-adj|heelfulle}} heelful (plural and weak singular heelfulle)
  1. Healthful; wholesome. Categories (topical): Health Synonyms: heleful, helful, helfull, helefuille, helefull, heelfull

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1869, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia:",
          "text": "It took several dozen \"heelsful,\" winding it round the gathering ball on the leg, as one would wind a ball of string.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Arthur W. Biddle, Paul A. Eschholz, The literature of Vermont: a sampler, page 185:",
          "text": "Away the boy ran, never minding a stubbed toe or a heelful of thistles that waylaid his course, and, setting the broken fence-cap against a rail, came panting back.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Andrew P. Tobias, The Only Other Investment Guide You'll Ever Need, page 223:",
          "text": "But people who dig in their heels frequently wind up digging their own graves behind them, heelful by heelful, as, in this hypothetical example, Johnson & Johnson climbs higher and higher.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Zack Wentz, Garbageman And the Prostitute, page 110:",
          "text": "\"Gonna go clean it up, Mr. Barry,\" he chimes, and goes dancing back toward the bus, kicking up heelfuls of sand as he goes, with the flames of the fire reflected flickering on the back of his shiny, bald skull.",
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    },
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Arthur W. Biddle, Paul A. Eschholz, The literature of Vermont: a sampler, page 185:",
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          "ref": "2006, Zack Wentz, Garbageman And the Prostitute, page 110:",
          "text": "\"Gonna go clean it up, Mr. Barry,\" he chimes, and goes dancing back toward the bus, kicking up heelfuls of sand as he goes, with the flames of the fire reflected flickering on the back of his shiny, bald skull.",
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      ]
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