toe
/toʊ/ noun A2- Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
- The equivalent part in an animal.
- The part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
- 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.
- 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.
- The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
- 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.
Plural toes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.
If anyone treads on my toes or sticks a pin into me, it doesn’t matter, for I can’t feel it.
“American, as you perceive,” he remarked, pointing to the toes.
“Why, the man in the brown coat—our florid friend with the square toes.
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