to stand, walk, etc., with the toes in a specified position: to toe in.
to tap with the toe, as in dancing.
Idioms
on one's toes, energetic; alert; ready: The spirited competition kept them on their toes.
step/tread on (someone's) toes, to offend (a person); encroach on the territory or sphere of responsibility of (another): The new employee stepped on a lot of toes when he suggested reorganizing the office.
the front part of the head of a golf club, hockey stick, etc
the lower bearing of a vertical shaft assembly
the tip of a cam follower that engages the cam profile
dip one's toe inordip one's toes ininformalto begin doing or try something new or unfamiliar
on one's toesalert
tread on someone's toesto offend or insult a person, esp by trespassing on his or her field of responsibility
turn up one's toesinformalto die
Australianslangspeeda player with plenty of toe
verbtoes, toeingortoed
(tr)to touch, kick, or mark with the toe
(tr)golfto strike (the ball) with the toe of the club
(tr)to drive (a nail, spike, etc) obliquely
(intr)to walk with the toes pointing in a specified directionto toe inwards
toe the lineto conform to expected standards, attitudes, etc
Derived Formstoelike, adjective
Word Origin for toe
Old English tā; related to Old Frisian tāne, Old Norse tā, Old High German zēha, Latin digitus finger
Blake
noun
Sir Peter . born 1932, British painter, a leading exponent of pop art in the 1960s: co-founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1969)
Sir Quentin (Saxby). born 1932, British artist, illustrator, and children's writer; noted esp for his illustrations to books by Roald Dahl
Robert . 1599–1657, English admiral, who commanded Cromwell's fleet against the Royalists, the Dutch, and the Spanish
William . 1757–1827, English poet, painter, engraver, and mystic. His literary works include Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794), The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1793), and Jerusalem (1820). His chief works in the visual arts include engravings of a visionary nature, such as the illustrations for The Book of Job (1826), for Dante's poems, and for his own Prophetic Books (1783–1804)
Old English ta (plural tan), contraction of *tahe (Mercian tahæ), from Proto-Germanic *taikhwo (cf. Old Norse ta, Old Frisian tane, Middle Dutch te, Dutch teen, Old High German zecha, German Zehe "toe"), probably originally meaning "fingers" as well (many PIE languages still use one word to mean both fingers and toes). The Old English plural tan survived in southwestern England to 14c. To be on (one's) toes "alert, eager" is recorded from 1921.
v.
"touch or reach with the toes," 1813, from toe (n.). First recorded in expression toe the mark, which seems to be nautical in origin.
The chief mate ... marked a line on the deck, brought the two boys up to it, making them 'toe the mark.' [R.H. Dana, "Two Years Before the Mast," 1840]
