shoe
[ shoo ]
/ ʃu /
noun, plural shoes, (especially British Dialect) shoon.
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
before 900; (noun) Middle English scho(o), Old English sceō(h), cognate with German Schuh, Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs; (v.) Middle English schon, Old English scōg(e)an, cognate with Middle Low German schoi(g)en, Old Norse skūa
OTHER WORDS FROM shoe
shoe·less, adjectivere·shoe, verb (used with object), re·shod, re·shoe·ing.un·der·shoe, nounun·shoed, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shoe
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British Dictionary definitions for shoed
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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Idioms and Phrases with shoed
shoe
In addition to the idiom beginning with shoe
- shoe is on the other foot, the
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
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