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SHOE
horseshoe, shoe
(noun) U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse’s hoof
shoe
(noun) footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
shoe
(noun) (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
shoe
(verb) furnish with shoes; “the children were well shoed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Shoe (plural Shoes)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shoe is the 25975th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 945 individuals. Shoe is most common among White (92.38%) individuals.
Anagrams
• HEOs, Heos, hoes, hose
Etymology
Noun
shoe (plural shoes or shoon)
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.
A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
(card games) A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
(architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
(engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.
Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).
The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
Hyponyms
• boot
• flip flop
• moccasin
• pump
• sandal
• slipper
• sneaker
• stiletto
• sports shoe
• trainer
• See also shoe
Verb
shoe (third-person singular simple present shoes, present participle shoeing, simple past shoed or shod, past participle shod or shoed or shodden)
To put shoes on one's feet.
• …men and women clothed and shod for the ascent… — Michel Potay, The Gospel Delivered in Arès, 26:6, 1995
To put horseshoes on a horse.
To equip an object with a protection against wear.
Anagrams
• HEOs, Heos, hoes, hose
Source: Wiktionary
Shoe, n.; pl. Shoes, formerly Shoon, now provincial. Etym: [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc, sceĂłh; akin to OFries. sk, OS. sk, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk; of unknown origin.]
1. A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. Shak.
2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. (c) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.
Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. Shoe of an anchor. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground.
– Shoe block (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other.
– Shoe bolt, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners.
– Shoe pac, a kind of moccasin. See Pac.
– Shoe stone, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather.
Shoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shod; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoeing.] Etym: [AS. sc, sce. See Shoe, n.]
1. To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
2. To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip. The sharp and small end of the billiard stick, which is shod with brass or silver. Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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