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toed

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/təʊd/
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US: /toʊd/
rhymes with -əʊd
homophone: toad
homophone: towed
CMU ARPABET: T OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Having (a specified number or type of) toes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds

Examples

narrow-toed
a three-toed sloth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adj

Meaning 2

Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely; said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: business, construction, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of toe

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adjective

Meaning 4

having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in combinationfive-toed"

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

long-toed;

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: toeless

History

Etymology

From toe (“digit of a foot”) + -ed.

See toe (verb).

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Finnish: -varpainen — having a specified number or type of toes

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more toed — comparative
most toed — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: close-toed, Eurasian three-toed woodpecker, even-toed, even-toed ungulate, fin-toed, fringe-toed lizard, greater short-toed lark, intoed, Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, long-toed stint, long-toed water beetle, multitoed, northern three-toed jerboa, odd-toed, odd-toed ungulate, open-toed, parrot-toed, Phnom Laang bent-toed gecko, pigeon-toed, seven-toed Pete, shelltoed, short-toed eagle, short-toed snake eagle, short-toed treecreeper, square-toed, Tanahjampea bent-toed gecko, thick-toed gecko, three-toed box turtle, three-toed sloth, twinkle-toed, two-toed sloth, untoed, warty thick-toed gecko, web-toed, yoke-toed

Related: none provided

Spelling and sound

Hyphenation and homophones

Homophones: toad, towed

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