Toes

Word TOES
Character 4
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /təʊz/

Definitions and meanings of "Toes"

What do we mean by toes?

Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.

An equivalent part in an animal.

That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.

Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.

An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe.

An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle with positive toe (or toe in) signifying that the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back and negative toe (or toe out) the opposite.

The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.

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.

A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.

The long side of an angled cut.

The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end).

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The word "toes" in example sentences

Telling them that everyone has ten little fingers and ten little toes is not going to make them see those who are different as "not real babies." ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

Switching things up and keeping them on their toes is least we can do, really, to set them on a good path in life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is helped, of course, by the fact that geckos 'toes are backwards-jointed, meaning that when they flex their toes they curl upward rather than downward, allowing them to peel their toes from the surface to which they are stuck. ❋ Heather McDougal (2008)

I've got to bring out the big guns ... like threatening to hang them by their toes from the ceiling fan or promises of cold hard cash. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Stepping on toes is less good for your career then scratching backs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Nets arrived losers of four straight - the Celtics clobbered them twice - but kept the Spurs on their toes from the start. ❋ Unknown (2008)

` ` I think we were on our toes from the beginning, '' Daniel Sedin said. ❋ Unknown (2007)

While English, German, and Norwegian consider fingers and toes to be entirely separate body parts, other languages, such as Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Russian, label toes as simply "foot fingers." ❋ Mj (2009)

One of my second toes is longer than the third, and one is shorter. ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

The allele for six fingers and toes is dominant in humans. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It's bad enough in toes and feet, but a real bear when it settles in one knee or the other -- I have had it in both, although not, thank goodness, at the same time. ❋ David (2004)

In the human foetus, the interdigital mesoderm, initially formed between fingers and toes, is removed by programmed cell death. ❋ Unknown (2002)

In the human foetus, the interdigital mesoderm initially formed between fingers and toes is removed by programmed cell death. ❋ Unknown (2002)

He had on awful nice clothes, but thin toes on his boots, sharp as needles, and gray socks with dots on them, and a waist on his coat like as if he wore corsets, and gray gloves – and a cane, Swell! ❋ Unknown (1921)

I think that this silence, this fear of treading on each other's toes, is not strong, is not British, and it smacks of that policy of drift which I feel the people of this country and the great British Empire want to avoid. ❋ Unknown (1910)

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