toed

[ tohd ]

adjective

1. having a toe:

   a toed clog; toed stockings.

2. having a toe of a specific kind or number (usually used in combination):

   three-toed sloth.

3. Carpentry.
   1. (of a nail) driven obliquely.
   2. toenailed.

toed

/ təʊd /

adjective

1. having a part resembling a toe
2. (of a vertical or oblique member of a timber frame) fixed by nails driven in at the foot
3. in combination having a toe or toes as specified

   five-toed

Other Words From

• multi·toed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of toed¹

First recorded in 1605–15; toe + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Never mind that the $600 open-toed red shoes she wore, the red handbag with the matching message, as well as the dress itself were on loan from designer Aurora James, founder and fashion director of the Brother Vellies luxury label.

From TruthBeTold.news

I kept expecting to find holes in the pants after getting jumped on by sharp-toed dogs.

From Outside Online

I was walking by the slab, I glanced at it, and then these three-toed impressions popped out at me.

From Ars Technica

They also found tracks left by five-toed plant-eating dinos in Castelbouc Cave.

From Science News For Students

He says he used his steel-toed boots as weapons to chase off the perpetrator.

From The Daily Beast

That's the line also toed by hawks in Congress, who wait in the wings of talks to enact ever-harsher measures against Iran.

From The Daily Beast

And of-the-moment it most certainly was, with hoodie-vests, open-toed boots, and vegetable-dyed leather jeans.

From The Daily Beast

Recent articles in the two most popular glossies toed the Knox party line.

From The Daily Beast

Before she could come over to the bed, somebody opened a door and tip-toed in ahead of nursey.

From Project Gutenberg

I didn't even know it when Susan arrived at the office, stood in my doorway for a moment, and then tip-toed away.

From Project Gutenberg

Peter Gross listened for a while to the lad's rhythmic breathing, then tip-toed to the gratings and pulled himself up to them.

From Project Gutenberg

Very likely it's the six-toed beast Terry was sending us to cross with the four-toed albino.

From Project Gutenberg

Thousands of years later we find a larger horse, the size of a sheep, with a three-toed foot.

From Project Gutenberg