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toe

Pronunciation: /təʊ/

The English word “toe” has 19 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
  2. The equivalent part in an animal.
  3. The part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
  4. Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
  5. An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
  6. An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.
  7. The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
  8. 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.
  9. A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
  10. The long side of an angled cut.
  11. The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
  12. A cameltoe.
  13. Speed, energy, vigor.
  14. A person.

verb

  1. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
  2. To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
  3. To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
  4. 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.
  5. To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

Etymology

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”). Cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå, Faroese and Icelandic tá; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse,…

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