Toe definition
To touch, kick, or reach with the toe.
verb
The part of a sock, shoe, or boot that covers the digits of the foot.
noun
The definition of a toe is one of the jointed parts at the front of the foot, or the part of a sock or shoe that covers the toe.
An example of a toe is the body part on which the nail is painted during a pedicure.
noun
The lowest, outermost, or endmost part, as:
- The part of the head of a golf club farthest from the shaft.
- The part of a vertical shaft that turns in a bearing.
- The lowest part of an embankment or dam.
- (geology) A protruding downslope end of an alluvial fan, glacier, or lava flow.
noun
The forepart of a foot or hoof.
noun
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The terminal segment of an invertebrate's limb.
noun
To drive (a nail or spike) at an oblique angle.
verb
To fasten or secure with obliquely driven nails or spikes.
verb
To stand, walk, move, or be formed with the toes pointed in a specified direction.
He toes out.
verb
Any of the digits of an animal's foot, or the forepart of a hoof, etc.
noun
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Anything suggesting a toe in location, shape, or function.
- A pivot or journal extending vertically in a bearing.
- A projecting arm raised or moved by a cam.
noun
Any of the five jointed parts at the front of the human foot; digit.
noun
The forepart of the human foot.
noun
The part of a shoe, sock, etc. that covers the toes.
noun
To provide with a toe or toes.
verb
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To touch, kick, etc. with the toes.
To toe a starting line.
verb
To drive (a nail) slantingly.
verb
To clinch or fasten with a nail or nails driven slantingly; toenail.
verb
To stand, walk, or be formed so that the toes are in a specified position.
To toe in or toe out.
verb
Theory of everything.
abbreviation
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One of the digits of a vertebrate foot.
noun
The forepart of a foot or hoof.
noun
The terminal segment of an invertebrate's limb.
noun
An equivalent part in an animal.
noun
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(dance) An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe.
noun
(engineering) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
noun
(engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
noun
(each of the five digits on the end of the foot).
Hallux, big toe, great toe.
Second toe, long toe.
Third toe, middle toe.
Fourth toe, ring toe.
Fifth toe, little toe, pinky toe, baby toe.
hyponyms
To furnish with a toe.
verb
To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
verb
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To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
To toe the mark.
verb
(construction) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.
verb
(physics) Theory of Everything.
acronym
One of the digits of a vertebrate foot.
noun
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To drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club.
verb
To set or adjust at an oblique angle. Used with in or out.
verb
on (one's) toes
- Ready to act; alert.
idiom
step
- To hurt, offend, or encroach on the feelings, actions, or province of.
idiom
toe the line
- To adhere to doctrines or rules conscientiously; conform.
- To touch a mark or line with the toe or hands in readiness for the start of a race or competition.
idiom
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on one's toes
- mentally or physically alert
idiom
step on someone's toes
- to offend someone, esp. by trespassing or intruding on prerogatives or rights
idiom
toe the line
- to stand or crouch with the toes touching the starting line of a race, etc.
- to follow orders, rules, doctrines, etc. strictly
idiom
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
toe
Plural:
toesIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of toe
- Middle English from Old English tā deik- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-Germanic *taihwÇ (compare Dutch teen, German Zehe, Swedish tÃ¥), from Proto-Germanic *tÄ«hwanÄ… (“to show, announce") (compare Old English teōn (“to accuse"), German zeihen (“id.")), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show") (compare Hittite [script?] (tekkuššāi), Latin dÄ«cere (“to say"), digitus (“finger"), Albanian thua (“nail"), accusative thoi, Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deiknumi, “to point out, show"), Sanskrit [script?] (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti)).
From Wiktionary