Footprint
['fʊtprɪnt]
Definition
(noun.) the area taken up by some object; 'the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches'.
(noun.) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; 'the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window'.
(noun.) a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; 'the footprints of an earlier civilization'.
Editor: Seth--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
Inputed by Barnard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Footmark, footstep, footfall, track, trace.
Typist: Lycurgus
Examples
- When I went upstairs with him he pointed to several footprints upon the light carpet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Peter left those footprints in the stone upon which he stood at the time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And she wondered if he had made footprints all the way up. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Oh, I track the fairest fair Through new haunts of pleasure; Footprints here and echoes there Guide me to my treasure: Lo! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We crossed a large court, entered a great door, and stood upon a pavement of purest white marble, deeply worn by footprints. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was not stated how it was ever discovered whose footprints they were, seeing the interview occurred secretly and at night. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The print of the face in the prison was that of a man of common size; the footprints were those of a man ten or twelve feet high. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the soft mud on the bank of a tiny rivulet he found footprints such as he alone in all the jungle had ever made, but much larger than his. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- We went upstairs to the first floor, still seeing no other furniture than the dirty footprints. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Why does she leave fascination in her footprints? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typed by Edwina