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adjective
- Having a toe or toes especially of a specified kind or number
- Driven obliquely
"a toed nail"
verb
- To touch, reach, or drive with the toe
"toe a football"
- To furnish with a toe
"toe a sock"
- To drive (something, such as a nail) obliquely
- Tiptoe
- To stand, walk, or be placed so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction
"toe in"
adjective
- Having an even number of functional toes on each foot
"Hippos are artiodactyls, or even-toed ungulates …"
adjective
- Having the toes and forefoot turned inward
adjective
- Having a toe that is square
- Old-fashioned, conservative
noun
- Any of a genus (Bradypus) of sloths having three clawed digits on each foot and eight or nine vertebrae in the neck compare two-toed sloth
noun
- Either of two sloths (Choloepus didactylus of South America and C. hoffmanni of Central and South America of the family Megalonychidae) that have two clawed digits on each forefoot, three clawed digits on each hind foot, and usually six or seven vertebrae in the neck compare three-toed sloth
adjective
- Not covering the toes or the tips of the toes
"open-toed sandals"
This clue was used on September 14, 2025.