shoe

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

shoes

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

shoe

past (v2)

shod

past participle (v3)

shod

present participle

shoeing

3rd person singular

shoes

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

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

2. 2.A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.

3. 3.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.

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

4. 4.Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

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

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To cover an object with a protective layer of material.

   • 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!

2. 2.To put shoes on one's own feet.

   • Men and women clothed and shod for the ascent.

3. 3.To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.

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

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