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Meanings of Tocopherol:

noun

Any of several closely related compounds, found in wheatgerm oil, egg yolk, and leafy vegetables, which collectively constitute vitamin e. they are fat-soluble alcohols with antioxidant properties, important in the stabilization of cell membranes.

Usage examples:

Vitamin e is a mixture of several related compounds known as tocopherols.

Meanings of Tocsins:

noun

An alarm bell or signal.

Usage examples:

He used his resignation as a tocsin to warn of the danger of dictatorship

Meanings of Tod:

noun

A bushy mass of foliage, especially ivy.

Meanings of Toda:

adjective

Of or relating to the todas or their language.

noun

A member of a pastoral people inhabiting the nilgiris district of southern india.

Meanings of Toddies:

noun

A drink made of spirits with hot water, sugar, and sometimes spices.

Usage examples:

A hot toddy

Meanings of Toddled:

verb

(of a young child) move with short unsteady steps while learning to walk.

Usage examples:

William toddled curiously towards the tv crew

noun

A young child's unsteady walk.

Usage examples:

He watched as a visitor watches a child to whose first toddle he is being treated by a proud mother

Meanings of Toddler:

noun

A young child who is just beginning to walk.

Usage examples:

Primary school children and even toddlers as young as two have been caught starting fires.

Meanings of Toddlers:

noun

A young child who is just beginning to walk.

Usage examples:

Primary school children and even toddlers as young as two have been caught starting fires.

Meanings of Toddling:

verb

(of a young child) move with short unsteady steps while learning to walk.

Usage examples:

William toddled curiously towards the tv crew

noun

A young child's unsteady walk.

Usage examples:

He watched as a visitor watches a child to whose first toddle he is being treated by a proud mother

Meanings of Toddy:

noun

A drink made of spirits with hot water, sugar, and sometimes spices.

Usage examples:

A hot toddy

Meanings of Todea:

noun

Any of several ferns of the southern hemisphere genus todea (family osmundaceae), or formerly included in it; also called crepe fern; especially the king fern, t. barbara.

Meanings of Todies:

noun

A small insectivorous caribbean bird related to the motmots, with a large head, long bill, bright green upper parts, and a red throat.

Usage examples:

Like motmots and todies, kingfishers often have brilliant plumage, are largely insectivorous, and n…

Meanings of Tody:

noun

A small insectivorous caribbean bird related to the motmots, with a large head, long bill, bright green upper parts, and a red throat.

Usage examples:

Like motmots and todies, kingfishers often have brilliant plumage, are largely insectivorous, and n…

Meanings of Toe the line:

idiom

Do what is expected

phrase

Accept the authority, policies, or principles of a particular group, especially unwillingly.

Usage examples:

He knew that he had to toe the official line because he couldn't afford to be put on the dole

Meanings of Toea:

noun

A monetary unit of papua new guinea, equal to one hundredth of a kina.

Usage examples:

Men at the plant were paid an hourly rate of 80 toea and women 64 toea.

Meanings of Toecap:

noun

A piece of steel or leather constituting or fitted over the front part of a boot or shoe as protection or reinforcement.

Usage examples:

The boots had steel toecaps which were designed to protect the claimant in the course of his employ…

Meanings of Toecapped:

adjective

→  steel-toed

Meanings of Toecaps:

noun

A piece of steel or leather constituting or fitted over the front part of a boot or shoe as protection or reinforcement.

Usage examples:

The boots had steel toecaps which were designed to protect the claimant in the course of his employ…

Meanings of Toed:

verb

Push, touch, or kick with one's toe.

Usage examples:

He toed off his shoes and flexed his feet

suffix

Having toes as described

Usage examples:

Open-toed sandals, the two-toed sloth

Meanings of Toeholds:

noun

A small place where a person's foot can be lodged to support them, especially while climbing.

Usage examples:

Michael stood below him, placing the young climber's feet into the toeholds afforded by the sheer r…

Meanings of Toenail:

noun

The nail at the tip of each toe.

Usage examples:

The decoration of both toenails and fingernails for aesthetic purposes dates back at least as far a…

verb

Secure (a piece of wood) by driving a nail through it at an angle.

Usage examples:

The wood is secured by toenailing it to the roof decking.

Meanings of Toenailing:

verb

Secure (a piece of wood) by driving a nail through it at an angle.

Usage examples:

The wood is secured by toenailing it to the roof decking.

noun

The nail at the tip of each toe.

Usage examples:

The decoration of both toenails and fingernails for aesthetic purposes dates back at least as far a…

Meanings of Toes:

noun

Any of the five digits at the end of the human foot.

Usage examples:

He cut his big toe on a sharp stone

verb

Push, touch, or kick with one's toe.

Usage examples:

He toed off his shoes and flexed his feet

Meanings of Toey:

adjective

On edge; ill at ease.

Usage examples:

Voters being toey about foreign investment

Meanings of Toff:

noun

A rich or upper-class person.

Usage examples:

A ban won't just affect a few toffs and their rich country chums.

verb

Be smartly dressed.

Usage examples:

He was all toffed up in officer's broadcloth