Toe meaning
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 part of a sock, shoe, or boot that covers the digits of the foot.
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.
- A protruding downslope end of an alluvial fan, glacier, or lava flow.
noun
To touch, kick, or reach with the toe.
verb
To drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club.
verb
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To set or adjust at an oblique angle. Used with in or out.
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
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
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 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
One of the digits of a vertebrate foot.
noun
The forepart of a foot or hoof.
noun
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The terminal segment of an invertebrate's limb.
noun
(TCP/IP Offload Engine) A network adapter that performs some or all of the TCP/IP processing on an Ethernet adapter. As Ethernet becomes common at 1 Gbps and beyond, offloading the processing from the CPU to the card allows the CPU to keep up with the high-speed data transmission. Processing for the entire TCP/IP protocol stack may be performed on the TOE or just the data transmission part, leaving the session establishment and error handling to the CPU. See TCP/IP.
An equivalent part in an animal.
noun
(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
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(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
To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
To toe the mark.
verb
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(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
on (one's) toes
- Ready to act; alert.
idiom
step
- To hurt, offend, or encroach on the feelings, actions, or province of.
idiom
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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
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
Idioms 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 tÄ, (Mercian) tÄhe, from Proto-Germanic *taihwÇ (compare Dutch teen, German Zehe, Swedish tÃ¥), from Proto-Germanic *tÄ«hwanÄ… (“to show, announce") (compare Old English teÅn (“to accuse"), German zeihen (“id.")), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show") (compare Hittite [script?] (tekkuÅ¡Å¡Äi), Latin dÄ«cere (“to say"), digitus (“finger"), Albanian thua (“nail"), accusative thoi, Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deiknumi, “to point out, show"), Sanskrit [script?] (dÃdeá¹£á¹i), दिशति (diśáti)).
From Wiktionary