Toe vs Woe - What's the difference?
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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.
(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
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.
(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.
(golf) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
* Milton
* Alexander Pope
A curse; a malediction.
* South
(obsolete) woeful; sorrowful
* Robert of Brunne
* Chaucer
* Spenser
As a pronoun toe
is .As a noun woe is
grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.As an adjective woe is
(obsolete) woeful; sorrowful.toe
English
Noun
(en noun)- (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
Synonyms
* (an equivalent part in an animal) hoofAntonyms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) heel * (front of the kayak) tail * (angled cut in carpentry) heelHyponyms
* (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 toeHolonyms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) footMeronyms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) nailDerived terms
* heel-and-toe * toeside * toeboard * toeclip * toe jump * toenail * toe ring * toe stopCoordinate terms
* (each of the five digits on the end of the foot) fingerVerb
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- to toe the mark
- The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.
Derived terms
* toe the lineSee also
* hang five * hang ten * tiptoe * TOEAnagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----woe
English
Noun
(en noun)- Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, / Sad instrument of all our woe , she took.
- [They] weep each other's woe .
- Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?
Derived terms
* in weal or woe * woeful * woe is meAdjective
(en adjective)- His clerk was woe to do that deed.
- Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed.
- And looking up he waxed wondrous woe .