toe

CEFRA1

/təʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    One of the small digits at the end of a foot.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.

Examples

  • A strict father makes his children toe the line by thorough training.

  • He accidentally stubbed his big toe against the corner of the table.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • [tʌo̞]
  • /toʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The equivalent part in an animal.

  2. Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.

  3. An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.

More examples

In context

  • Someone stepped on my toe in the crowded bus.

  • (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.

  • (cricket) the tip of the bat farthest from the handle

Antonyms

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Origin

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”). Cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå, Faroese and Icelandic tá; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); see also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).