In carpentry terms the difference between toe and shoot

is that toe is the long side of an angled cut while shoot is to plane straight; to fit by planing.

In transitive terms the difference between toe and shoot

is that toe is to touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to while shoot is to penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.

As nouns the difference between toe and shoot

is that toe is each of the five digits on the end of the foot while shoot is the emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

As verbs the difference between toe and shoot

is that toe is to furnish with a toe while shoot is to launch a projectile.

As an acronym TOE

is theory of Everything.

As an interjection shoot is

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

toe

English

Noun

(en noun)

Each of the five digits on the end of the foot.

An equivalent part in an animal.

That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe.

Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something.

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

(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

(dance) An advanced form of ballet primarily for the females, dancing ballet primarily using a Pointe shoe.

An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle with positive toe' (or '''toe''' in) signifying that the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back and negative '''toe''' (or ' toe out) the opposite.

(engineering) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.

(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.

(engineering) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.

(carpentry) the long side of an angled cut

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 *: second toe, long toe *: third toe, middle toe *: fourth toe, ring toe *: fifth toe, little toe, pinky toe, baby toe

Holonyms

* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) foot

Meronyms

* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) nail

Derived terms

* heel-and-toe * toeside * toeboard * toeclip * toe jump * toenail * toe ring * toe stop

Coordinate terms

* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) finger

Verb

(d)

To furnish with a toe.

To touch, tap or kick with the toes.

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To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.

to toe the mark

(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.

(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

* * 1000 English basic words ----

shoot

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) shoten, from (etyl) .

Verb

To launch a projectile.

# (label) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).

# (label) To fire (a projectile).

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

If you please / To shoot an arrow that self way.

# (label) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).

# (label) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.

# (label) To ejaculate.

# To begin to speak.

# (label) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.

# To dismiss or do away with.

# To photograph.

To move or act quickly or suddenly.

# (label) To move very quickly and suddenly.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.

#* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VII

It didn't take me long to get there. I shot past the head at a ripping rate, the current was so swift, and then I got into the dead water and landed on the side towards the Illinois shore.

#*

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges

# To go over or pass quickly through.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Sheshoots the Stygian sound.

# (label) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.

# (label) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

Thy words shoot through my heart.

# To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

#* (George Herbert) (1593-1633)

These preachers make / His head to shoot and ache.

# (label) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.

# To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

#* (Beaumont and Fletcher) (1603-1625)

an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle

#* (1800-1859)

a pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores

# To send to someone.

(label) To act or achieve.

# (label) To lunge.

# (label) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).

# To make the stated score.

(label) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).

To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

To develop, move forward.

# To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

But the wild olive shoots , and shades the ungrateful plain.

# To grow; to advance.

#* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

Well shot in years he seemed.

#* (1700-1748)

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, / To teach the young idea how to shoot .

# (label) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

# To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out .

#* Bible, (Psalms) xxii. 7

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.

* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)

There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.

(label) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

* (Joseph Moxon) (1627-1691)

two pieces of wood that are shot , that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.^(w)

* (1809-1892)

The tangled water courses slept, / Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "shoot")

Derived terms

* like shooting fish in a barrel * re-shoot * shoot down * shooter * shoot from the hip * shoot from the lip * shoot one's bolt * shoot oneself in the foot * shoot one's mouth off * shoot one's wad * shoot the boots * shoot the bull * shoot the messenger * shoot up

Noun

(en noun)

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

* Evelyn

Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.

A photography session.

A hunt or shooting competition.

(professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

* Francis Bacon

The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot .

* Drayton

One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.

A rush of water; a rapid.

(mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

(Knight)

(weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

A shoat; a young pig.

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.

(Webster 1913)

Derived terms

* (hunt or shooting competition) turkey shoot

Etymology 2

minced oath for (shit)

Interjection

(en interjection)

Didn't you have a concert tonight?

Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready...

Synonyms

* (mild expletive) darn, dash, fiddlesticks, shucks

Anagrams

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