toe
UK/təʊ//toʊ/
toe noun: each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
Noun (1)
toe (countable and uncountable, plural toes)
- Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
- An old traditional prescription for provoking erotic inclinations ran as follows, The toe of the foot of a man, anointed with oil, or honey, or the ashes of a weasel.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234
- The equivalent part in an animal.
- The part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
- Stumbling forward, Tal caught the toe of his boot on rock.2004, Patricia Lucas White, Edwina Parkhurst Spinster
- Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
- (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.
- (hurling) the end of a hurley.
- An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
- 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.
- The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
- 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.
- A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
- The long side of an angled cut.
- The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
- A cameltoe.
- Speed, energy, vigor.
- to have a lot of toe
- A person.
Verb
toe (third-person singular simple present toes, present participle toeing, simple past and past participle toed)
- To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
- To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
- "Here's ten shillings for you, but I'm going to toe your backside first!" said Manna. And the Dane let him kick away; his yellow teeth gleamed in a servile grin and then he clutched at the money.1927, Nordahl Grieg, The Ship Sails On, page 153
- Just five minutes later the turnaround was complete when Arshavin toed the ball through to Bendtner, who slotted into the left corner from close range just before half-time.2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC
- To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
- to toe the mark
- 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.
- To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
Noun (2) capitalized: TOE
TOE (plural TOEs)
- Initialism of theory of everything.
- Initialism of table of organization and equipment.
- Initialism of terms of employment.
- Initialism of transoesophageal echocardiogram.
- Synonyms:
- TEE
Noun (3) capitalized: ToE
ToE (plural ToEs)
- Initialism of theory of everything.
Proper noun capitalized: Toe
Toe (plural Toes)
- A surname.
toe meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
toe in Hindi
- 1. each of the five digits on the end of the foot
- पाँव का अंगूठा pā̃v kā aṅgūṭhā
toe in Telugu
- కాలి బొటనవేలు
toe in Malayalam
- കാൽവിരൽ
toe in Kannada
- ಕಾಲ್ಬೆರಳು
More languagesFewer languages
- toe in Sanskrit
- अङ्गुली aṅgulī, अङ्गुरि aṅguri
- toe in Nepali
- खुट्टाको औँला khuṭṭāko a͠ulā
- toe in Tagalog
- daliri sa paa, daliri ng paa, paanan
- toe in Arabic
- إِصْبَع ʔiṣbaʕ, إِصْبَع اَلْقَدَم ʔiṣbaʕ al-qadam
- toe in Malay
- jari kaki
- toe in Indonesian
- jari kaki
- toe in Persian
- انگشت پا angošt-e pâ
- toe in Thai
- นิ้ว níu, นิ้วเท้า níu tháo
- toe in Vietnamese
- ngón chân
- toe in Myanmar
- လက်ချောင်း lakhkyaung:
Examples of toe in a sentence
- After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
- I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
- A polydactylous cat may have six or more toes on its paw.
Synonyms of toe
Antonyms
Forms of toe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | toes |
| plural | TOEs |
| plural | ToEs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | toes |
| present participle | toeing |
| past participle | toed |
| past | toed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Toes |
Origin of toe
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, blame”); see also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).
Borrowed from Kru, but also from Burmese တို (tui). This surname is mostly found in Myanmar, followed by Liberia and Burkina Faso.
Words formed from toe
- big toe
- blue toe syndrome
- camel toe
- claw toe
- closed-toe
- COVID toes
- crowtoe
- deertoe
- dip a toe into
- dip one's toe in
- dip one's toe in the water
- even-toed
- finger-and-toe
- head to toe
- top to toe
- grinch toe
- hammertoe
- hammer toe
- head-to-toe
- heel-and-toe
- toe-and-heel
- light fantastic toe
- little toe
- mallet toe
- mistle-toe
- moc toe
- Morton's toe
- nigger toe
- on one's toes
- opened-toe
- peep-toe
- pettitoes
- pigeon toe
- piggy toe
- pinktoe
- purple toe syndrome
- pussytoes
- put one's toe in the water
- seedy toe
- shelltoe
- shelltoes
- split-toe
- squaretoes
- steel-toe boot
- step on someone's toes
- stinking toe
- thumb-toe
- tick-tack-toe
- tic tac toe
- tic-tac-toe
- timber-toe
- tippy-toe
- tip-toe
- toe bean
- toe biter
- toe-biter
- toeboard
- toe box
- toe cap
- toecap
Phrases with toe
- toe in
- toe jam
- toe job
- toe out
- toe rag
- toe tag
- baby toe
- long toe
- ring toe
- tiny toe
- toe caps
- toe drag
90 more phrasesFewer phrases
- toe drop
- toe edge
- toe hold
- toe jams
- toe jobs
- toe jump
- toe kick
- toe loop
- toe nail
- toe pick
- toe rags
- toe ring
- toe sack
- toe shoe
- toe sock
- toe stop
- toe tags
- toe wall
- turf toe
- fifth toe
- great toe
- large toe
- pinky toe
- third toe
- toe beans
- toe boxes
- toe dance
- toe drags
- toe edges
- toe holds
- toe jumps
- toe kicks
- toe loops
- toe nails
- toe picks
- toe rings
- toe sacks
- toe scour
- toe shoes
- toe socks
- toe stops
- toe touch
- toe walls
- fourth toe
- middle toe
- second toe
- toe biters
- toe cheese
- toe danced
- toe dances
- toe pleats
- toe popper
- toe tapper
- toe to toe
- tit tat toe
- toe dancing
- toe dragged
- toe poppers
- toe tappers
- toe touches
- big toe nail
- tick tat toe
- toe dragging
- toe the line
- toe the mark
- big toe nails
- toe the plank
- finger and toe
- great toe nail
- large toe nail
- toe the rubber
- dips a toe into
- from top to toe
- great toe nails
- large toe nails
- little toe nail
- from head to toe
- little toe nails
- dipped a toe into
- dips one's toe in
- dipping a toe into
- dipped one's toe in
- dipping one's toe in
- dips one's toe in the water
- trip the light fantastic toe
- dipped one's toe in the water
- trips the light fantastic toe
- dipping one's toe in the water
- tripped the light fantastic toe
- tripping the light fantastic toe
Words that rhyme with toe
Questions about toe
- What does toe mean?
- Toe means each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
- What is toe in Hindi?
- Toe in Hindi is पाँव का अंगूठा (pā̃v kā aṅgūṭhā). See Toe meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is toe?
- Toe can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce toe?
- Toe is pronounced /təʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of toe?
- The plural of toe is toes.
Words near toe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toe (page history and authors); TOE (page history and authors); ToE (page history and authors); Toe (page history and authors); toe (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); toe (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); toe (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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