Mean to make room for a broken toe (6)
I believe the answer is:
denote
'mean' is the definition.
(I know that denote is a more specific form of the action mean)
'room for a broken toe' is the wordplay.
'room' becomes 'den' (den is a kind of room).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a broken' indicates an anagram.
'toe' with letters rearranged gives 'ote'.
'den'+'ote'='DENOTE'
'to make' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for denote that I've seen before include "Indicate, be a sign of" , "Designate" , "Point" , "show" , "Indicate, signify" .)