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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nj?n/
• Rhymes: -?nj?n
• Hyphenation: pin?ion

Etymology 1

From Old French pignon, from Latin penna (“feather”).

Noun

pinion (plural pinions)

1. A wing.
2. (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

3. (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
4. A moth of the genus Lithophane.
5. (obsolete) A fetter for the arm.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ainsworth to this entry?)

Verb

pinion (third-person singular simple present pinions, present participle pinioning, simple past and past participle pinioned) (transitive)

1. To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
   • 1577, Barnabe Googe (translator), Konrad Heresbach (author), Foure Bookes of Husbandrie, book iv (1586), page 169:

     They that meane to fatte Pigions…some…do softly tie their Legges:…some vse onely to pinion them.

   • 1641–2, Henry Best (author), Donald Woodward (editor), The Farming and Memorandum Books of Henry Best of Elmswell, 1642: With a Glossary and Linguistic Commentary by Peter McClure, Oxford University Press/British Academy (1984), ?ISBN (10), ?ISBN (13), page 115:

     When they are aboute fortnights olde (for they must bee driven noe longer) yow must watch where the henne useth to sitte on nights, and come when it beginneth to bee darke and throwe somethinge over the henne as shee broodeth them, then take and clippe every of theire right wings. Then when they are aboute moneths old, yow must come after the same manner and pinnion or cutte a joynte of every of theire right winges.

   • ibidem, page 129:

     The Swanners gette up the younge swannes about midsummer [24 June] and footemarke them for the owners, and then doe they allsoe pinnion them, cuttinge a joynte of theire right winges, and then att Michaellmasse [29 Sept.] doe they bringe them hoame, or else bringe hoame some, and leave the rest att some of the mills and wee sende for them.

   • 1665–1667, Abraham Cowley, The Works of M^r Abraham Cowley (fifth edition, 1678), “Several Di?cour?es by way of E??ays, in Ver?e and Pro?e”, essay 9: ‘The ?hortne?s of Life and uncertainty of Riches’, closing verses, verse 3 (page 138):

     Suppo?e, thou Fortune could to tamene?s bring, / And clip or pinion her wing; / Suppo?e thou could’?t on Fate ?o far prevail / As not to cut off thy Entail.

   • 1727, Peter Longueville, Philip Quarll (1816), page 67:

     The two old ducks…being pinioned, could not fly away.

   • 1849, Daniel Jay Browne, The American Poultry Yard (1855), page 242:

     They…should have been pinioned at the first joint of the wing.

2. To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.

   Synonym: shackle

   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 80

     Nash pinioned his arms behind while Boland seized a long cabbage stump which was lying in the gutter.

3. (transferred sense, figuratively) To restrain; to limit.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX

     I was suddenly seized from behind and thrown to earth. As I fell, a warm body fell on top of me, and hands grasped my arms and legs. When I could look up, I saw a number of giant fingers pinioning me down, while others stood about surveying me.

   • 1999: Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane, Sleepy Hollow, scene 14

     I am pinioned by a chain of reasoning! Why else do his four friends conspire to conceal […]

Derived terms

• pinioned
• pinioner
• pinioning

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pignon.

Noun

pinion (plural pinions)

1. (mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

     A certain period elapses, and some unseen mysterious principle again sets in motion the magic pinions and the wizard wheels.

Derived terms

• rack and pinion

Translations

Further reading

• pinion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pinioning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flight feather on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “Pinion, v.” listed on page 883/2–3 of volume VII (O–P, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English billion.

Numeral

pinion

1. billion

Romanian

Etymology

From French pignon.

Noun

pinion n (plural pinioane)

1. gearwheel

Declension