TOE


Meaning of TOE in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

big toe

follow/toe the party line (= to support the official opinion )

He refused to toe the party line.

stand on tiptoe/stand on your toes (= support yourself on your toes )

If he stood on tiptoe, he could reach the shelf.

toe nail ( also toenail )

His toenails were long and dirty.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

bare

Spilt drink stuck to my bare toes , and when I tried to wipe it off, it changed into blood.

He looks under the table and sees a bare toe rubbing the toe of his sneaker.

He lay perfectly still, brows arched in surprise, bare toes quivering as the blood drained out of him.

The sight of her bare toes made him feel slightly religious.

She had lost one of her shoes; broken glass had cut her bare toes .

He finished off his unhurried inventory by taking in her bare and dainty toes .

She watched her bare toe rub against the whitened concrete of the balcony.

big

If you want to survive, you shivering ninny, you might as well shoot off your big toe .

One of her big toes had an old sticker of scab on it behind the nail.

Does the state of affairs include the existence of the tutor's big toe or not?

She's misjudged the weight of the chromium door and crushed her big toe .

Leave about half an inch between your big toe and the end of the shoe.

He was wearing green socks, with the big toes sticking out.

I lost the tips of three toes on my left foot and the whole pad of my big toe.

On my right foot the pad of my big toe and the tips of all my other toes were four thickness burns.

little

Sticking with an employee who breaks his little toe is one thing; keeping timeservers who endanger profitability is another.

Some people could cut their little toe and give up and bleed to death.

He has already sacrificed part of his little toe on the right foot on a previous expedition.

■ VERB

break

Sticking with an employee who breaks his little toe is one thing; keeping timeservers who endanger profitability is another.

Alvin, who had broken a toe , was left behind.

How about this old broken toe ?

curl

Still lying down, bend the knees and raise the legs. 9. Curl your toes back.

Even curl my toes around it.

Kathleen Parkinson, Bicester, Oxon Does anybody actually curl their toes in embarrassment?

Heather repeated her demand in Swahili. jacko faced his curling toes .

Start as before, first bending the knees, then straightening the legs. 13. Curl your toes back.

Lying flat on your back, bend the knees, then raise the legs. 14. Curl your toes back.

dip

But here at Prima we're very happy to he dipping a toe in the internet waters in a very good cause.

But dipping a toe into the contracting pond can be problematic.

Best with which to dip your toes ?

Tentatively, some dipped their toes to test the water.

But companies are beginning to dip their toes into these turbid waters.

So it's an excellent time to dip a toe into the ocean of investment opportunities.

keep

Meetings are held every nineteen days, not necessarily Sundays, which must keep people on their toes .

Inflation, which depletes the value of stocks and bonds, also keeps investors on their toes .

But it will be the pre-Christmas period that will keep McBride on his toes .

He just wanted to keep you on your toes .

And, keeping them on their toes ... the doctors who walk eighteen miles a day.

You have to have good people doing these jobs, and you have to keep folks on their toes .

We need our ordinary grumbling members to keep us on our toes .

He keeps them on their toes .

point

Raise and straighten your left leg, pointing the toes up and down.

She wore brown leather shoes with pointed toes and high heels.

Léonie pointed her toe and wrote an imaginary signature in the dust.

What do they do besides wave their arms and point their toes ?

stand

My opponent was much the same height, build and temperament; we stood toe to toe and swapped blow for blow.

Then she stood up on her toes , kissed the corner of my mouth, and disappeared into the building.

Hardin fidgeted and stood on his toes to better his view.

She stood up on her toes to get a better look at the silent, snow-sunk meadow.

step

But that will make AT&T's service and equipment-manufacturing businesses step on each other's toes again.

I had stepped on his toes .

This will involve stepping on the toes of the takeaway market.

It is said the reason why Taurus ran into trouble was a reluctance to step on anyone's toes .

touch

Bend from the waist, with your arms still straight, and touch your toes .

Can you touch your toes while keeping your legs straight?

Slowly lean over with both arms to try to touch the toe of your outstretched foot.

tread

I danced rigidly with Giacomo, kicking his shins and treading on his toes .

She has a sharp cutting edge and woe betide the Europhile who treads on her toes .

Danny's filthy fingernails were digging into his neck and his one foot was treading on Henry's toes .

But I don't want us to tread on each other's toes .

Don't know the rules, don't want to tread on any toes .

wiggle

She wiggled her toes and gave a sigh of relief.

He stuck out one foot and wiggled the toes .

As she woke up she was encouraged to move around in bed and wiggle her toes .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

from top to toe

But John and Veronica Saunders still make time to decorate their home from top to toe.

When the body was naked, it was X-rayed from top to toe.

point your toes

What do they do besides wave their arms and point their toes?

step on sb's toes

I'm new here, so I don't want to step on anyone's toes.

I told Tony I didn't want to step on his toes.

But that will make AT&T's service and equipment-manufacturing businesses step on each other's toes again.

I had stepped on his toes.

It is said the reason why Taurus ran into trouble was a reluctance to step on anyone's toes.

This will involve stepping on the toes of the takeaway market.

stub your toe

As a prominent figure in Rottweiler rescue, she's stubbed her toe on more unfair bullying and downright idiocy than most.

Distracted, Luce stubbed her toe against a piece of raised planking and tripped.

It is one thing to say it when you stub your toe.

Jackie seemed to float upwards and Sam stubbed his toe.

Never mind that the offense continued to stub its toe on all but one trip inside Minnesota territory on the afternoon.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He looks under the table and sees a bare toe rubbing the toe of his sneaker.

In each directorate-general there is a leader, who keeps his team on their toes...

Invariably our toes are unnaturally cramped into odd-shaped shoes and the feet raised because we choose to teeter around in high heels!

Like on horseback, I hold on with the tips of my toes.

Ruth's toes curled under the table.

She has a sharp cutting edge and woe betide the Europhile who treads on her toes.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

line

Journalists who refuse to toe the line will have to be sacked.

There, all people toed the same starting line .

They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders, toe the line .

You are put in a slot and expected to toe the line .

The party stalwarts toe the presidential line and shout down those who disagree.

He could be expected, then, to toe the line when it came to military versus civilian decisions.

And yet de Gaulle himself was remarkably confident that the army would toe the line .

■ VERB

stand

My opponent was much the same height, build and temperament; we stood toe to toe and swapped blow for blow.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

from top to toe

But John and Veronica Saunders still make time to decorate their home from top to toe.

When the body was naked, it was X-rayed from top to toe.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He could be expected, then, to toe the line when it came to military versus civilian decisions.

The party stalwarts toe the presidential line and shout down those who disagree.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.