shoe
noun
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
are shoeing
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present progressiveof shoe.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In this, two men are shoeing a white horse in front of an old forge.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
Really, Nan, I think it's the most extraordinary thing I ever encountered the way these children's parents are shoeing them for commencement!
From Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris
Our camp is stationary to-day; part of the emigrants are shoeing their horses and oxen; others are trading at the fort and with the Indians....
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell
