different between toe vs branch

English

Etymology

From Middle English to, from Old English t?, (Mercian) t?he, from Proto-Germanic *taihw? (compare Dutch teen, German Zehe, Swedish tå), from *t?hwan? (“to show, announce”) (compare Old English te?n (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dey?- (“to show”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (tekkušš?i), Latin d?cere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek ???????? (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit ???????? (díde??i), ????? (di?áti)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??/
• Rhymes: -??
• (US) IPA^(key): /to?/
• Homophone: tow

Noun

toe (plural toes)

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.

   (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.

   (hurling) the end of a hurley.

   (cricket) the tip of the bat farthest from the handle

   (kayaking) the bow; the front of the kayak.

   (geology) a bulbous protrusion at the front of a lava flow or landslide.

5. (dance) An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe.
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. (engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.
8. (engineering) 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. (engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
10. (carpentry) 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).

Synonyms

• (an equivalent part in an animal): hoof

Antonyms

• (each of the five digits on the end of the foot): heel
• (front of the kayak): tail
• (angled cut in carpentry): heel

Hyponyms

• (each of the five digits on the end of the foot):

  hallux, big toe, great toe, large toe

  second toe, long toe

  third toe, middle toe, ring toe

  fourth toe, ring toe

  fifth toe, little toe, pinky toe, baby toe, tiny toe

Meronyms

• (each of the five digits on the end of the foot): nail

Holonyms

• (each of the five digits on the end of the foot): foot

Coordinate terms

• (each of the five digits on the end of the foot): finger

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

toe (third-person singular simple present toes, present participle toeing, simple past and past participle toed)

1. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
2. To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
3. (transitive) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.

   to toe the mark

4. (construction) 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.

   The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.

5. (golf) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

Derived terms

• toe the line

See also

• hang five
• hang ten
• tiptoe
• TOE

Anagrams

• EOT, ETO, EtO, OTE, Teo

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch toe (“then”), a chiefly dialect variant of toen, from Middle Dutch doe. The -n in Dutch toen was added by analogy with dan (“then”).

Adverb

toe

1. (referring to the past) then; at that time; at that moment

See also

• dan (“then” referring to the present and future)

Conjunction

toe

1. (referring to the past) when; as

Usage notes

• Since “toe” by itself refers always to the past, it is often followed by the simple form of the verb (“present tense”) as in the example above, rather than the perfect. However, verbs that have a preterite use this form.

See also

• wanneer (“when” referring to the present and future)

Etymology 2

From Dutch toe, from Middle Dutch toe.

Postposition

toe

1. (local) to

Usage notes

• If an article, determiner, or adjective is to precede the noun, the preposition na must be used additionally:

Ons gaan na die nuwe skool toe.

We’re going to the new school.

Adverb

toe

1. adverbial form of tot, found chiefly in compounds
2. closed; shut; not open

Synonyms

• (closed): gesluit (geslote)

Derived terms

• daartoe
• hiertoe
• waartoe

Caribbean Hindustani

Etymology

Compare Hindi ?? (t?).

Pronoun

toe

1. you

References

• Beknopt Nederland-Sarnami Woordenboek met Sarnami Hindoestani-Nederlanse Woordenlijst?^[2] (in Dutch), Paramaribo: Instituut voor Taalwetenschap, 2002

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu/
• Hyphenation: toe
• Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch toe, from Old Dutch *tuo, from Proto-Germanic *t?.

Adverb

toe

1. (postpositional) adverbial form of tot

2. after, afterwards

3. shut, closed (especially as part of a compound verb like toedoen)

   De deur is toe. — The door is closed.

   Doe de deur toe. — Close the door.

   Oogjes toe. — Eyes closed.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: toe

Interjection

toe

1. come on!, go on! (used when trying to coax someone into doing something)

   Toe maar!

Etymology 2

Adverb

toe

1. (now dialectal) Alternative form of toen.

Conjunction

toe

1. (now dialectal) Alternative form of toen.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *togeh, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *takis, compare Lithuanian takišys, Latvian tacis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?toe?/, [?t?o?e?(?)]
• Rhymes: -oe
• Syllabification: to?e

Noun

toe

1. (rare) A small dam, usually made of logs.

Declension

Synonyms

• hirsipato
• tammi

Compounds

• lohitoe
• siikatoe

See also

• pato

Anagrams

• ote, teo-

Ingrian

Noun

toe

1. dam

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu?/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch tuo, from Proto-Germanic *t?.

Adverb

toe

1. to, towards
2. up to
3. until
4. in relation with
5. in addition, furthermore
6. shut, closed (especially the eyes)

Usage notes

This word is often encountered following a noun phrase and could arguably be said to be a postposition rather than an adverb.

Descendants

• Dutch: toe
  • Afrikaans: toe

Etymology 2

Preposition

toe

1. (eastern) Alternative form of te

Etymology 3

Adverb

toe

1. Alternative form of doe

Further reading

• “toe (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “toe (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “toe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “toe (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

toe f (definite singular toa, indefinite plural toer, definite plural toene)

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) second (number two in a series)

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toe. Cognates include Tuvaluan toe and Samoan toe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?to.e/
• Hyphenation: to?e

Adverb

toe

1. again, once more

Adjective

toe

1. final, last

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?^[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 388

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [tw???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [tw???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t??????]

Verb

toe • (????)

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English

Alternative forms

• braunch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, borrowed from Old French branche, brance, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”), of unknown origin, possibly from Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh?.

Indo-European cognates include Old Norse vró (“angle, corner”), Lithuanian rankà (“hand”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (r?ka, “hand”), Albanian rangë (“yardwork”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bränch, IPA^(key): /b???nt?/
• (US, Northern England) enPR: br?nch, IPA^(key): /b?ænt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?, -ænt?

Noun

branch (plural branches)

2. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
3. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

4. (chiefly Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.)
5. (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

6. A location of an organization with several locations.

8. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
   • 1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall

     his father, a younger branch of the ancient stock

9. (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
11. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
12. (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
13. (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
14. (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
15. (rail transport) A branch line.

Synonyms

• (part of a tree): bough, limb, tillow, twig; see also Thesaurus:tree

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

branch (third-person singular simple present branches, present participle branching, simple past and past participle branched)

1. (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
2. (intransitive) To produce branches.
   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Life Loves Living," [2]:

     The tree throve and branched so heavily that the windows of Lower West and the Doll's Flat were darkened.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
4. (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
5. (transitive, colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.
   • 2003, Paul Routledge, The Bumper Book of British Lefties (page 199)

     His staff were 'not journalists, but Communists', he maintained. Nonetheless, in 1948 his vigorous editorship took the paper's circulation to 120,000 a day. The following year, he was 'branched' by the National Union of Journalists for an intemperate attack on Fleet Street.

Related terms

• branch off
• branch out

Translations

References

Further reading

• branch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• branch (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French branche (“branch”).

Noun

branch

1. branch

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

branch

1. Alternative form of braunche

Etymology 2

Verb

branch

1. Alternative form of braunchen