Toted vs Toed - What's the difference?
toted | toed |
(tote)
To carry or bear.
*, chapter=8
, title= To add up; to calculate a total.
(British) A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator
*1892 , Banjo Paterson,
*:He was a humorist of note and keen at repartee,
*:He laid the odds and kept a "tote ", whatever that may be,
(chiefly, in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) toes.
(toe)
(construction) 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.
As verbs the difference between toted and toed
is that toted is past tense of tote while toed is past tense of toe.As an adjective toed is
having (a specified number or type of) toes.toted
English
Verb
(head)tote
English
(wikipedia tote)Etymology 1
Verb
(tot)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
Etymology 2
Shortening of (total), with e to distinguish from (tot) in writingAlternative forms
* totVerb
(tot)Etymology 3
Shortening of (totalizator)Noun
(en noun)toed
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)- narrow-toed
- a three-toed sloth
- He become more pigeon-toed with age.