an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
an object or part resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal.
a ferrule or the like, as of iron, for protecting the end of a staff, pole, etc.
brake shoe.
the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire.
a drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle.
a part having a larger area than the end of an object on which it fits, serving to disperse or apply its weight or thrust.
the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail.
Civil Engineering.
a member supporting one end of a truss or girder in a bridge.
a hard and sharp foot of a pile or caisson for piercing underlying soil.
a small molding, as a quarter round, closing the angle between a baseboard and a floor.
the outwardly curved portion at the base of a downspout.
a piece of iron or stone, sunk into the ground, against which the leaves of a gateway are shut.
a device on a camera that permits an accessory, as a flashgun, to be attached.
a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh.
Cards. dealing box.
Furniture.
a cuplike metal piece for protecting the bottom of a leg.
a fillet beneath an ornamental foot, as a pad or scroll foot.
Printing. a box into which unusable type is thrown.
a chute conveying grain to be ground into flour.
Carpentry. soleplate.
Nautical. a thickness of planking covering the bottom of the keel of a wooden vessel to protect it against rubbing.
verb (used with object),shod or shoed,shod or shoed or shod·den,shoe·ing.
to provide or fit with a shoe or shoes.
to protect or arm at the point, edge, or face with a ferrule, metal plate, or the like.
Idioms for shoe
drop the other shoe, to complete an action or enterprise already begun.
fill someone's shoes, to take the place and assume the obligations of another person: She felt that no stepmother could ever hope to fill her late mother's shoes.
in someone's shoes, in a position or situation similar to that of another: I wouldn't like to be in his shoes.
the shoe is on the other foot, the circumstances are reversed; a change of places has occurred: Now that we are rich and they are poor the shoe is on the other foot.
where the shoe pinches, the true cause of the trouble or worry.
Origin of shoe
First recorded before 900; (noun) Middle English scho(o), Old English sceō(h), cognate with German Schuh, Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs; (verb) Middle English schon, Old English scōg(e)an, cognate with Middle Low German schoi(g)en, Old Norse skūa
OTHER WORDS FROM shoe
shoeless,adjectivere·shoe,verb (used with object),re·shod,re·shoe·ing.un·der·shoe,nounun·shoed,adjective
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If we begin to see the other as our possession and commodity, our shoe, the shadow of our shadow, is there ever a happy outcome?
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They seem to belong to us, and then they freely go—behavior very uncharacteristic of a shadow or a shoe.
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If I say “my shoe,” do I mean it in the same way as “my life,” or “my sister” or “my husband”?
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The everyday stress, wondering if the other shoe was going to drop and I was going to be outed, is what led to me outing myself.
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But New Balance pledges that it will take the hit for any additional per-unit cost that comes from making an all-American shoe.
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If in the morning, his shoe was put on wrong, the left instead of the right, that boded some disaster.
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I have a Relative who can spin you the story of anybody's life if you only tell him what number of shoe he wears.
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At her feet with his head resting on her shoe there lay a dog.
The Duchess of Wrexe|Hugh Walpole
He devoted the next day to going around among the shoe shops; but everywhere he met with unfavorable answers.
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In lieu of the shoe untanned leather was tied with thongs around the feet.
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British Dictionary definitions for shoe
shoe
/ (ʃuː) /
noun
one of a matching pair of coverings shaped to fit the foot, esp one ending below the ankle, having an upper of leather, plastic, etc, on a sole and heel of heavier leather, rubber, or synthetic material
(as modifier)shoe cleaner
anything resembling a shoe in shape, function, position, etc, such as a horseshoe
a band of metal or wood on the bottom of the runner of a sledge
(in baccarat, etc) a boxlike device for holding several packs of cards and allowing the cards to be dispensed singly
a base for the supports of a superstructure of a bridge, roof, etc
a metal collector attached to an electric train that slides along the third rail and picks up power for the motor
engineeringa lining to protect from and withstand wearSee brake shoe, pile shoe
be in a person's shoesinformalto be in another person's situation
verbshoes, shoeingorshod(tr)
to furnish with shoes
to fit (a horse) with horseshoes
to furnish with a hard cover, such as a metal plate, for protection against friction or bruising
Word Origin for shoe
Old English scōh; related to Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs, Old High German scuoh