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   toe

   /təʊ/

   noun

   • 1. any of the five digits at the end of the human foot: "he cut his big toe on a sharp stone"
   • ▪ any of the digits of the foot of a quadruped or bird.
   • ▪ the part of an item of footwear that covers a person's toes: "socks that were holed at the toes"
   • 2. the lower end, tip, or point of something.
   • ▪ the tip of the head of a golf club, furthest from the shaft.
   • ▪ the base of a cliff, slope, or embankment: "valley widening and river meandering have eroded the toe of the slopes and caused new landslides"
   • ▪ a flattish portion at the foot of an otherwise steep curve on a graph: "the contrast potential of the printing is indicated by the steepness of the curve from shoulder to toe"
   • ▪ a section of a rhizome or similar fleshy root from which a new plant may be propagated.

   verb

   • 1. push, touch, or kick with one's toe: "he toed off his shoes and flexed his feet"
   • ▪ strike (the ball) with the toe of the club.
   • 2. walk with the toes pointed in (or out): "he toes out when he walks"
   • ▪ (of a pair of wheels) converge (or diverge) slightly at the front: "on a turn, the inner wheel toes out more"

   Word Origin Old Englishtā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teen and German Zeh, Zehe. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. toed adjective
   • 2. toeless adjective

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   /toʊ/ /təʊ/ IPA guide. Other forms: toes; toed; toeing. Your toes are to your feet what your fingers are to your hands. They're the five digits you have on each foot. Tetrapod, or four-limbed animals, have toes on their feet. The way those toes are used distinguishes these animals from each other.

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   any one of the digits of the foot. 2. the corresponding part in other vertebrates. 3. the part of a shoe, sock, etc, covering the toes. 4. anything resembling a toe in shape or position. 5. the front part of the head of a golf club, hockey stick, etc.

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