toe

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.
2. An equivalent part in an animal.
3. That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.
4. Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.
5. An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes.
6. An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.
7. The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
8. A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.
9. A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
10. The long side of an angled cut.
11. The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).
12. (slang) A cameltoe.
13. (slang) Speed, energy, vigor.
14. a person

Verb

1. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
2. To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
3. To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
4. 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.
5. To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

Sinonieme

finger

digit

toenail

foot

🦶

toes

big toe

footprint

👣

thumb

little toe

end

🔚

heel

feet

🐾

claw

leg

🦵

nail

nose

👃

ogive

one

patten

paw

peak

pike

pincers

point

pointedness

prong

shank

sharpness

socle

tip

tiptoe

vertex

great toe

leg band

Zoccola

aiglet

dactylus

stylopodium

go on tiptoe

ton of oil equivalent

toe box

base of slope

toe of retaining wall

accelerate

digiti pedis

acme

aglet

apex

base

bent

bottom

cusp

dactyl

fast

gas

head

lead

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/təʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (compare Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish tå, Swedish tå), from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”) (compare Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”)), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti)).