(UK, informal) To feel very sad. / (informal) To feel very afraid; to be terrified or in dread.

(mining, archaic) A horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.

(simile, UK, informal, humorous) To look extremely disheveled.

present participle of heal up

A curved heel on a woman's shoe that is pitched forward so that the weight of the heel falls on the plantar arch. / A shaped heel with narrow reinforcement on a sock or stocking.

Alternative form of polehead

Alternative form of polehead

(idiomatic) With the threat or negative prospect of; acting as a constant preoccupation.

(sciences, now historical) The heat generated in the body of a living animal.

A very tall, narrow heel on a shoe. / A shoe with such a heel.