shoe

IPA: ʃˈu

noun

  • 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).
  • (historical) An ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.
  • The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
  • (by extension, slang) A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (intransitive) To put shoes on one's own feet.
  • (transitive) To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.
  • (intransitive, chiefly as past participle) To cover an object with a protective layer of material.
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Examples of "shoe" in Sentences

  • My new shoes are glossy.
  • The new shoes were shiny.
  • He used to be a shoe polisher.
  • Footwear was dress shoes and brogues.
  • I've removed the picture of the shoes.
  • At the time, the shoes appeared silver.
  • Change shoes in the entrance to the gym.
  • The clog is transformed into a glittering shoe.
  • Absorbent shoe insoles decrease the sweat in shoes.
  • The red shoe and the black shoes are almost the same style.

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