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FOOTPRINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The area taken up by some object
Example:
the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("footprint" is a kind of...):
area; expanse; surface area (the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
Example:
the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("footprint" is a kind of...):
mark; print (a visible indication made on a surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "footprint"):
footprint evidence (evidence in the form of footprints)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
Example:
the footprints of an earlier civilization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("footprint" is a kind of...):
shadow; tincture; trace; vestige (an indication that something has been present)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb footprint
Context examples:
When I went upstairs with him he pointed to several footprints upon the light carpet.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The footprint was much larger than the one his own feet made, and he knew that in the wake of such a trail there was little meat for him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The timing, location, and nature of the detected lesions support that contaminants from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused these lesions and contributed to the high numbers of dolphin deaths within this oil spill’s footprint.
(Deepwater Horizon oil spill contributed to high number of Gulf dolphin deaths, NOAA)
These footprints were very fresh.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
