toe
[verb]
Synonyms: tiptoe, tip

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. toe¹ S3 /təʊ $ toʊ/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: ta]

1. one of the five movable parts at the end of your foot ⇒ finger:
He stubbed his toe (=hurt it by kicking it against something) on a rock.
big toe (=the largest of your toes)

2.
the part of a shoe or sock that covers the front part of your foot

3. tread on sb’s toes British English, step on sb’s toes American English to offend someone, especially by becoming involved in something that they are responsible for

4. keep somebody on their toes to make sure that someone is ready for anything that might happen:
They do random checks to keep workers on their toes.

5. make sb’s toes curl to make someone feel very embarrassed or uncomfortable

6. touch your toes to bend downwards so that your hands touch your toes, without bending your knees

7. put/dip a toe in the water to try a little of something or try an activity for a short time to see if you like it
⇒ from head to toe at head¹(1), ⇒ from top to toe at top¹(22)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. toe² verb (past tense and past participle toed, present participle toeing)
toe the line to do what other people in a job or organization say you should do, whether you agree with them or not:
You toe the line or you don’t stay on the team!

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

toe
noun
ADJ. big, little The shoe pressed painfully against her big toe.
bare Under his bare toes the floor felt gritty.
broken, bruised
VERB + TOE stand on, tread on She stood on her toes to kiss him. Ouch! That was my toe you just trod on. (figurative) She trod on a lot of toes when she joined the company.
stub | break, bruise, crack | dip I dipped my toe in the river to test the temperature. (figurative) So far they have only dipped their toe in the potentially vast computer market.
point | curl | touch Can you touch your toes (= while keeping your legs straight)?
TOE + VERB curl (often figurative) The man's broad smile made her toes curl (= made her feel embarrassed or uncomfortable).
TOE + NOUN injury
PREP. between the/your ~s He had some kind of fungus between his toes.
on your ~s He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer. (figurative) The threat of inspections kept us all on our toes (= made sure we kept everything up to standard and were ready).
PHRASES from head/top to toe He gave himself a good scrub from head to toe.
the tips of your toes I stood on the tips of my toes to look through the window.
the toe of your boot/shoe

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

toe
təu
See: curl one's hair or curl one's toes , on one's toes , step on the toes of

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲