toes

Noun

toe (countable and uncountable, plural toes)

1. 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
   1. The equivalent part in an animal.
   2. 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
2. Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
   • (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.
3. (uncountable) An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
4. 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.

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