A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation. / (anatomy) The Achilles tendon, the tendo Achillis.

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. / The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel. / The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.

To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely. / To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot). / To kick with the heel.

(chiefly nautical) To incline to one side; to tilt.

(nautical) The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.

(rare, now especially in the phrase "heel in") Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”).

(US slang) Synonym of North Carolinian. / (US slang) A person associated with or supportive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

A small town in Bladen County, North Carolina. / An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Kentucky.

A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs. / A quick runner. / A dog that readily comes to heel. / (US, slang, politics, dated) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

Careful attention.