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shoe [ shoe ]

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ʃuː ]
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ʃuː ]
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Noun

1. A covering for the foot, typically made of leather, having a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle.

Don't tell me he's learned to tie his shoe laces as well.

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2. A horseshoe.

He had a shoe taken off him a couple of strides out of the gate.

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3. Something resembling a shoe in shape or use.
4. A drag for a wheel.

Drag shoes under the wheels helped to lock them.

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5. short for brake shoe

Brake shoe life has been extended in some cases more than 3 times that of composition shoes.

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6. A socket, especially on a camera, for fitting a flash unit or other accessory.

an accessory shoe

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7. A metal rim or ferrule, especially on the runner of a sledge.

Modern sled runners are covered with removable plastic runner shoes which can be changed for different conditions, or when worn.

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8. A step for a mast.

As the mast rises into the suspension shoe, it locates and supports itself from the suspension shoe, subsequently allowing the climbing brackets to climb up the mast.

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9. A box from which cards are dealt in casinos at baccarat or some other card games.

The game is dealt from an eight-deck shoe (sometimes six decks will be used).

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Verb (shoes, shoeing, shod)

1. Fit (a horse) with a shoe or shoes.

Peter trained and shod his own horses and never suffered fools gladly.

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2. (be shod) Be wearing shoes of a specified kind.

his large feet were shod in trainers

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3. Protect (the end of an object such as a pole) with a metal shoe.

The door was stout oak shod with iron and locked with three thick iron bolts into the door frame.

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4. Fit a tyre to (a wheel)

its 14-inch wheels were shod with 175/65 tyres

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Origin

1. Old English scōh (noun), scōg(e)an (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoen and German Schuh.

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