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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.


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 Words From

  • multi·toed 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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