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noun
1.
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
2.
an analogous part in certain animals.
3.
the forepart of the foot or hoof of a horse or the like.
4.
the forepart of anything worn on the foot, as of a shoe or stocking.
5.
EXPANDa part resembling a toe in shape or position.
6.
Railroads. the end of a frog in front of the point and in the direction of the switch.
7.
Machinery.
a.
a journal or part placed vertically in a bearing, as the lower end of a vertical shaft.
b.
a curved partial cam lifting the flat surface of a follower and letting it drop; wiper.
8.
COLLAPSEGolf. the outer end of the head of a club.
verb (used with object)
9.
to furnish with a toe or toes.
10.
to touch or reach with the toes: The pitcher toed the mound, wound up, and threw a fastball.
11.
to kick with the toe.
12.
Golf. to strike (the ball) with the toe of the club.
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Toes
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used without object)
Idioms14.
to stand, walk, etc., with the toes in a specified position: to toe in.
15.
to tap with the toe, as in dancing.
16.
on one's toes, energetic; alert; ready: The spirited competition kept them on their toes.
17.
step/tread on (someone's) toes, to offend (a person); encroach on the territory or sphere of responsibility of (another): The new employee stepped on a lot of toes when he suggested reorganizing the office.
18.
toe the line. line1 (def. 82).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English tā; cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Old Norse tā
before 900; Middle English; Old English tā; cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Old Norse tā
Related forms
toe·less, adjective
toe·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
toe
O.E. ta (pl. tan), contraction of *tahe (Mercian tahæ), from P.Gmc. *taikhwo (cf. O.N. ta, O.Fris. tane, M.Du. te, Du. teen, O.H.G. zecha, Ger. Zehe "toe"), probably originally meaning "fingers" as well. Many PIE languages still use one word to mean both fingers and toes. The O.E. plural tan survived
EXPANDin southwestern England to 14c. The verb meaning "touch or reach with the toes" is first recorded 1813, in expression to toe the mark. This phrase seems to be nautical in origin.
COLLAPSE
"The chief mate ... marked a line on the deck, brought the two boys up to it, making them 'toe the mark.' " [R.H. Dana, "Two Years Before the Mast," 1840]Toenail is from 1841. To be on (one's) toes "alert, eager" is recorded from 1921.
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Medical Dictionary
toe (tō)
n.
Any of the digits of a foot.
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