shoe
[ shoo ]
/ ʃu /
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noun, plural shoes, (especially British Dialect) shoon [shoon]. /ʃun/.
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.
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Idioms for shoe
Origin of shoe
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
OTHER WORDS FROM shoe
shoeless, adjectivere·shoe, verb (used with object), re·shod, re·shoe·ing.un·der·shoe, nounun·shoed, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shoe
shoe , shooWords nearby shoe
shock tube, shockumentary, shock wave, shod, shoddy, shoe, shoebill, shoeblack, shoe boil, shoebox, shoebrush
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British Dictionary definitions for shoe
shoe
/ (ʃuː) /
noun
verb shoes, shoeing or shod (tr)
Word Origin for shoe
Old English scōh; related to Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs, Old High German scuoh
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