Shoe

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English

Noun

Shoe (plural Shoes)
  1. 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. Something resembling a shoe by function, like a brake shoe.

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Verb

Shoe (third-person singular simple present shoes, present participle shoeing, simple past shod or shoed, past participle shodden or shod or shoed)

  1. To put shoes on one's feet.
  2. To put horseshoes on a horse.
  3. To equip an object with a protection against wear.

Thesaurus

bonnet, boot, boots, breech, cap, chaussure, cloak, clodhoppers, coat, coif, footgear, footwear, frock, gown, gunboats, hat, hood, jacket, mantle, pattens, sabots, shirt, shoes, sock, stocking, wooden shoes

Etymology

From Middle English shoo, from Old English scōh (“shoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz (“shoe", literally "covering”) (cf. West Frisian skoech, Dutch schoen, German Schuh, Swedish sko), from Proto-Indo-European *skeuk- (cf. Tocharian B skāk ‘balcony’), from *(s)keu- (“to cover”). More at sky.

Pronunciation

Translations

Noun

protective covering for the foot
piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse’s foot — see horseshoe
something resembling a shoe (e.g. brake shoe)
Translations

Verb

To put shoes on one's feet
to put horseshoes on a horse
to equip with protection

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