Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.

    touch with the toe

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To touch, tap or kick with the toes.

  3. (transitive)To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.

    to toe the mark

  4. (transitive)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.

  5. (transitive)To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

    drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club

Examples

291 sentences
  1. I can easily touch my toes.

    Я можу легко доторкнутися до пальців ніг. — deniko

    ruЯ легко могу докоснуться до пальцев ног. — Biga

    deIch kann mit Leichtigkeit meine Zehen berühren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom tried to pick up his keys with his toes.

    Том спробував підняти свої ключі пальцями ніг. — deniko

    ruТом попытался подобрать ключи пальцами ног. — Wezel

    deTom versuchte seine Schlüssel mit den Zehen aufzuheben. — Tamy

  3. Tom stubbed his toe.

    Том ушкодив палець на нозі. — deniko

    ruТом ушиб палец на ноге. — Wezel

    deTom stieß sich seinen Zeh. — mauersegler

  4. I can't feel my toes.

    Я не відчуваю пальців ніг. — deniko

    ruЯ не чувствую пальцев ног. — odexed

    deIch spüre meine Zehen nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Wriggle your toes.

    Поворуши пальцями ніг. — deniko

    ruПошевелите пальцами ног. — Wezel

Origin

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *tai

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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Forms

toes, toeing, toed, toed
Base formtoe · to toe
3rd person singulartoes
Present participletoeing
Past simpletoed
Past participletoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytoe
he, she, ittoes

Past simpleLesson

all personstoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave toed
he, she, ithas toed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill toe

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • touch his toes
  • on your toes
  • big toe

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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