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toe

noun
/təʊ/UK/toʊ/US/to/

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”). See also Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).

  1. inherited from *deyḱ-✻ — “to show”
  2. inherited from *taihwǭ✻
  3. inherited from *taihā✻
  4. inherited from tā
  5. inherited from to

Definitions

  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.

  2. The equivalent part in an animal.

  3. That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.

  4. ›+ 21 more definitions

    1. 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.
      • (cricket) the tip of the bat farthest from the handle

    2. An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.

    3. An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the…

      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.

    4. The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a…

      The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.

    5. A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt,…

      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.

    6. A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another…

      A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.

    7. The long side of an angled cut.

    8. The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead

      The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).

    9. A cameltoe.

    10. Speed, energy, vigor.

      • to have a lot of toe

    11. a person

    12. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.

    13. 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.
      • 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.

    14. To touch or reach with the toes

      To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.

      • to toe the mark

    15. To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of…

      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.

    16. To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

    17. Initialism of theory of everything.

    18. Initialism of table of organization and equipment.

    19. Initialism of terms of employment.

    20. Initialism of transoesophageal echocardiogram.

    21. A surname.

The neighborhood

  • antonymheelantonym(s) of “each of the five digits on the end of the foot”
  • antonymtailantonym(s) of “front of the kayak”
  • neighborhang five
  • neighborhang ten
  • neighbortiptoe
  • neighborTOE

Derived

big toe, blue toe syndrome, camel toe, claw toe, closed-toe, dip a toe into, dip one's toe in, dip one's toe in the water, finger-and-toe, head to toe, top to toe, grinch toe, hammer toe, head-to-toe, heel-and-toe, toe-and-heel, little toe, mallet toe, mistle-toe, moc toe, Morton's toe, nigger toe, on one's toes, opened-toe, peep-toe, pigeon toe, purple toe syndrome, put one's toe in the water, seedy toe, split-toe, 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 · +57 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at toe. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at toe. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at toe

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA