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.
have shod
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present perfectof shoe.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I thought of my big, disgusting Size 11 feet, which are wide and flat and have the look of scuba flippers and which designers have shod only begrudgingly.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018
Fairly well; he was a boy in these parts, an' I have shod his riding horse many a time.
From My Lady of Doubt by Alonzo Kimball
There are vast boot and shoe factories, which would have shod our whole Crimean army in a week, at one of which the owner pays 60,000 dollars or 12,000_l._ in wages annually!
From The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
We have shod her in dainty bottines, regretting the size of her feet.
From Tea-Table Talk by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
They have shod the feet of a murderess.
From The Medici Boots by Pearl Norton Swet
