# toed

Pronunciation: say "TOHD" US /toʊd/, UK /təʊd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of toe. — simple past and past participle of toe
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of toe. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The recruits toed the line and stood at attention._
   - _For years the junior staff toed the firm's conservative position without complaint._

## Adjective

2. Of an animal or foot, having a specified number or type of toes.
   - Simple: Having a certain number or kind of toes.
   - _Sloths are three-toed mammals that hang from branches for most of the day._
   - _Ostriches are unusual among birds in being two-toed rather than four-toed._
3. Fastened by nails driven in at an angle, as a brace, board, or joist joined diagonally to other parts of a frame.
   - Simple: Fixed in place with nails hammered in at a slant.
   - _Each toed rafter was held by nails driven in on a slant rather than straight through the face._
   - _The old frame relied on a toed brace running diagonally to the corner post._

## Origin

Formed from "toe," meaning a digit of the foot, combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/toed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).