Heel

v. i.	1.	(Naut.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. Heeling error (Naut.) a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.
n.	1.	The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; - in man or quadrupeds. He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head. - Denham.
	2.	The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
	3.	The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
	4.	Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
	5.	(Naut.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests
	6.	(Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
	7.	(Arch.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
	8.	(Golf) The part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft.
	9.	In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder. Heel chain (Naut.) a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom. Heel plate the butt plate of a gun. Heel of a rafter (Arch.) See Heel, n., 7. Heel ring a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. Neck and heels the whole body. To be at the heels of to pursue closely; to follow hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. To be down at the heel to be slovenly or in a poor plight. - Otway. To be out at the heels to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. To cool the heels See under Cool. - Shak. To go heels over head to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. To have the heels of to outrun. To lay by the heels to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. To show the heels to flee; to run from. - Shak. To take to the heels to flee; to betake to flight. To throw up another's heels to trip him. To tread upon one's heels to follow closely. - Bunyan.
v. t.	1.	To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. [imp. & p. p. Heeled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeling.] I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt. - Shak.
	2.	To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
	3.	To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
	4.	(Golf) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
	5.	(Football) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up.

Noun	1.	heel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground
	2.	heel - the back part of the human foot
	3.	heel - someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, hound, dog
	4.	heel - one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
	5.	heel - the lower end of a ship's mast
	6.	heel - (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
	7.	heel - the piece of leather that fits the heel Synonyms: counter
Verb	1.	heel - tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" Synonyms: list
	2.	heel - follow at the heels of a person
	3.	heel - perform with the heels; "heel that dance"
	4.	heel - strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"
	5.	heel - put a new heel on; "heel shoes" Synonyms: reheel

To see your heel in your dream, signifies oppression, lowliness, and vulnerability.SOB, accouter, afterpart, afterpiece, appoint, arch, arm, back, back door, back seat, back side, balance, bastard, bear off, bedog, behind, bend, blackguard, bounder, branch off, breech, broke, bugger, cad, cant, careen, change the bearing, chase, clubfoot, come about, come after, come behind, counter, creep, crust, curve, depart from, destitute, detour, deviate, digit, digress, divagate, divaricate, diverge, dog, dowdy, dress, end, equip, escape, extremity, fantail, fart, fetch about, fetlock, fit, fit out, fit up, flee, fly the coop, follow, foot, forefoot, forepaw, furnish, gear, go about, go after, go behind, harefoot, hind end, hind part, hindhead, hood, hoof, hooligan, hound, impoverished, in straitened circumstances, incline, instep, jerk, knave, lay down, lean, lean over, leavings, lie along, list, louse, lowlife, man, meanie, miscreant, mother, move behind, munition, occiput, out at elbows, outfit, pad, pastern, patte, paw, pedal extremity, pedes, pes, philanderer, pied, pill, pivot, pivot about, poop, poor, posterior, postern, prepare, pug, pursue, put about, rascal, rat, rear, rear end, rearward, recline, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, reverse, rig, rig out, rig up, rind, rogue, rotter, round, rudderpost, run away, run off, run-down, scamp, scoundrel, seedy, shabby, shadow, sheer, shift, shit, shithead, shitheel, slope, slovenly, sod, sole, spin, splayfoot, split, staff, stern, stinkard, stinker, strapped, string along, stump, swerve, swine, swing, swing round, swivel, tack, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, tail end, tailgate, tailpiece, take flight, tilt, tip, toe, tootsy, trail, trail after, tread close upon, trend, trotter, turd, turn, turn about, turn around, turn aside, turn out, turn round, turn tail, ungula, vary, veer, veer around, wheel, wheel about, whirl, worm

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