Meanings
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1
noun
One of the five digits at the end of the foot.
She stubbed her toe on the leg of the bed.
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2
verb
To touch, tap, or kick something with the toes.
He toed the ball gently across the line.
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3
noun
A part at the bottom or far end of something that looks like a toe.
He hit the ball with the toe of the golf club.
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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 tå, 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).