toe
Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
Noun 4 meanings
Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
“(golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.”
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.
Verb 4 meanings
To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
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.”
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”).
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TOE at a glance
TOE has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + E 1) and 3 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,323 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with toe
All rhymes- MISTLETOE11
- TIPTOE8
- HAMMERTOE16
- TIPPYTOE15
- TICKTACKTOE23
- CUTTOE8
- MISLETOE10
- TOETOE6
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