Toe Definition

tō

toed, toeing, toes

noun

toes

Any of the five jointed parts at the front of the human foot; digit.

Webster's New World

The forepart of the human foot.

Webster's New World

Any of the digits of an animal's foot, or the forepart of a hoof, etc.

Webster's New World

The part of a shoe, sock, etc. that covers the toes.

Webster's New World

Anything suggesting a toe in location, shape, or function.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
dactyl
digit
appendage
phalanx
phalanges
intrude
disturb
offend
annoy
attentive
aware
alert
tip of a shoe
front of the foot

verb

toed, toeing, toes

To touch, kick, etc. with the toes.

To toe a starting line.

Webster's New World

To provide with a toe or toes.

Webster's New World

To set or adjust at an oblique angle. Used with in or out.

American Heritage

To stand, walk, or be formed so that the toes are in a specified position.

To toe in or toe out.

Webster's New World

To drive (a nail) slantingly.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
toenail

abbreviation

Theory of everything.

Webster's New World

(physics) Theory of Everything.

Wiktionary

other

(each of the five digits on the end of the foot).

Hallux, big toe, great toe.

Second toe, long toe.

Third toe, middle toe.

Fourth toe, ring toe.

Fifth toe, little toe, pinky toe, baby toe.

Wiktionary

idiom

on (one's) toes

Ready to act; alert.

American Heritage

step

To hurt, offend, or encroach on the feelings, actions, or province of.

American Heritage

toe the line

To adhere to doctrines or rules conscientiously; conform.
To touch a mark or line with the toe or hands in readiness for the start of a race or competition.

American Heritage

on one's toes

mentally or physically alert

Webster's New World

step on someone's toes

to offend someone, esp. by trespassing or intruding on prerogatives or rights

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Toe

Noun

Singular:

toe

Plural:

toes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Toe

Origin of Toe

Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-Germanic *taihwÇ (compare Dutch teen, German Zehe, Swedish tÃ¥), from Proto-Germanic *tÄ«hwanÄ… (“to show, announce") (compare Old English teōn (“to accuse"), German zeihen (“id.")), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show") (compare Hittite [script?] (tekkuššāi), Latin dÄ«cere (“to say"), digitus (“finger"), Albanian thua (“nail"), accusative thoi, Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deiknumi, “to point out, show"), Sanskrit [script?] (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti)).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English tā deik- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition