toe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of the five digits at the end of the foot.

   She stubbed her toe on the leg of the bed.

2. 2
   verb

   To touch, tap, or kick something with the toes.

   He toed the ball gently across the line.

3. 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.

Common collocations

• toe box Noun + noun

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).

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