afoot

Speech parts

1. afoot - Adjective

2. afoot - Adverb

4. afoot - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

On foot.

Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

underway anvil about around current active brewing moving existing ongoing abroad walking cooking prevalent extant
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Antonyms

over through away complete completed done
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Phrases with the word

afoot and lighthearted the game is afoot

Anagrams

oofta

Examples

At a time when politics deals in distortions and half truths, truth is to be found in the liberal arts. There's something afoot in this country and you are very much a part of it. Joyce Carol Oates

Come, Watson, come The game is afoot. Arthur Conan Doyle

Primroses; salutations; the miry skull of a half-eaten ram; vicious wonds in earth opening. What seraphs are afoot. Geoffrey Hill

Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me. Walt Whitman

It is good to go afoot when one is tired of riding. Dutch Proverb

It is pleasant enough going afoot when you lead your horse by the bridle. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

afoor afoord afoos mango afoot and lighthearted afore afore something