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shoe
[ shoo ]
noun
, plural shoes, (especially British Dialect) shoon [shoon].
- 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.
- an object or part resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
- a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal.
- a ferrule or the like, as of iron, for protecting the end of a staff, pole, etc.
- the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire.
- a drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle.
- a part having a larger area than the end of an object on which it fits, serving to disperse or apply its weight or thrust.
- the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail.
- Civil Engineering.
- a member supporting one end of a truss or girder in a bridge.
- a hard and sharp foot of a pile or caisson for piercing underlying soil.
- a small molding, as a quarter round, closing the angle between a baseboard and a floor.
- the outwardly curved portion at the base of a downspout.
- a piece of iron or stone, sunk into the ground, against which the leaves of a gateway are shut.
- a device on a camera that permits an accessory, as a flashgun, to be attached.
- a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh.
- Cards. dealing box.
- Furniture.
- a cuplike metal piece for protecting the bottom of a leg.
- a fillet beneath an ornamental foot, as a pad or scroll foot.
- Printing. a box into which unusable type is thrown.
- a chute conveying grain to be ground into flour.
- Carpentry. soleplate.
- Nautical. a thickness of planking covering the bottom of the keel of a wooden vessel to protect it against rubbing.
verb (used with object)
, shod or shoed, shod or shoed or shod·den, shoe·ing.
- to provide or fit with a shoe or shoes.
- to protect or arm at the point, edge, or face with a ferrule, metal plate, or the like.
shoe
/ ʃuː /
noun
- one of a matching pair of coverings shaped to fit the foot, esp one ending below the ankle, having an upper of leather, plastic, etc, on a sole and heel of heavier leather, rubber, or synthetic material
- ( as modifier )
shoe cleaner
- anything resembling a shoe in shape, function, position, etc, such as a horseshoe
- a band of metal or wood on the bottom of the runner of a sledge
- (in baccarat, etc) a boxlike device for holding several packs of cards and allowing the cards to be dispensed singly
- a base for the supports of a superstructure of a bridge, roof, etc
- a metal collector attached to an electric train that slides along the third rail and picks up power for the motor
- engineering a lining to protect from and withstand wear See brake shoe pile shoe
- be in a person's shoes informal.to be in another person's situation
verb
- to furnish with shoes
- to fit (a horse) with horseshoes
- to furnish with a hard cover, such as a metal plate, for protection against friction or bruising
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Other Words From
- shoeless adjective
- re·shoe verb (used with object) reshod reshoeing
- under·shoe noun
- un·shoed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shoe1
First recorded before 900; (noun) Middle English scho(o), Old English sceō(h), cognate with German Schuh, Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs; (verb) Middle English schon, Old English scōg(e)an, cognate with Middle Low German schoi(g)en, Old Norse skūa
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shoe1
Old English scōh; related to Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs, Old High German scuoh
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- drop the other shoe, to complete an action or enterprise already begun.
- fill someone's shoes, to take the place and assume the obligations of another person:
She felt that no stepmother could ever hope to fill her late mother's shoes.
- in someone's shoes, in a position or situation similar to that of another:
I wouldn't like to be in his shoes.
- the shoe is on the other foot, the circumstances are reversed; a change of places has occurred:
Now that we are rich and they are poor the shoe is on the other foot.
- where the shoe pinches, the true cause of the trouble or worry.
More idioms and phrases containing shoe
In addition to the idiom beginning with shoe , also see comfortable as an old shoe ; fill someone's shoes ; goody-two-shoes ; if the shoe fits ; in someone's shoes ; step into someone's shoes ; wait for the other shoe to drop .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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