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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • multitoed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of toed1

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

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Mr Tardy captured a brown‑throated three‑toed sloth clinging to a barbed wire post after crossing a road.

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Johnson has toed the line in recent weeks, calling for “maximum transparency” around the Epstein case while doing his best to tamp down the uproar over recent actions by the DOJ.

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“The bottom line is that he has shown to be the best pitcher in a particular league multiple times,” Roberts said before Yamamoto toed the mound.

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As with other Trump loyalists who have toed Trump’s line on the 2020 election, Bondi never presented credible evidence for her claims, including the “many things” that purportedly went wrong in Pennsylvania.

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For the past 50 years, El’Zabar has toed the line between fashion and music, the present and the future, American jazz and West African compositional structure.

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