Shoe

/ˈʃuː/ · noun

Meaning

(footwear) A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do..

Definitions by Sense

1. (footwear) A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
2. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
3. (card games) A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
4. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
5. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
6. (by extension, slang) A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
7. (slang) A fake passport.
8. (intransitive) To put shoes on one's own feet.

Example Sentences

Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.

Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.

Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.

Men and women clothed and shod for the ascent.

"Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and I'd swear to his make among ten thousand."

The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.

And they had been made by the same brand of tire as that which shod the car I sat in!

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Word Forms

• shoes
• shoon
• shoen
• shoeing
• shod
• shoed
• shodden

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