shoe
[shoo]
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.
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
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shoe
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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