"high-heel" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} high-heel (not comparable)
  1. (of footwear) having high heels. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: high-heeled
    Sense id: en-high-heel-en-adj-UOh70zn7

Verb

Forms: high-heels [present, singular, third-person], high-heeling [participle, present], high-heeled [participle, past], high-heeled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} high-heel (third-person singular simple present high-heels, present participle high-heeling, simple past and past participle high-heeled)
  1. To walk in high heels.
    Sense id: en-high-heel-en-verb-MFut45NA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

Inflected forms

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