Shoe Definition
sho͝o
shod, shoed, shoeing, shoes
noun
shoes
An outer covering for the human foot, made of leather, canvas, etc. and usually having a stiff or thick sole and a heel.
Webster's New World
A horseshoe.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
A part or device that is located at the base of something or that functions as a protective covering, as:
American Heritage
Something like a shoe in shape or use.
Webster's New World
verb
shod, shoeing, shoes
To furnish or fit with a shoe or shoes.
Webster's New World
To cover, tip, or sheathe (a stick, wearing surface, etc.) with a metal plate, ferrule, etc.
Webster's New World
To put horseshoes on a horse.
Wiktionary
To equip an object with a protection against wear.
The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.
Wiktionary
idiom
the shoe is on the other foot
- The circumstances have been reversed; an unequal relationship has been inverted.
American Heritage
wait for the other shoe to drop
- To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
American Heritage
fill someone's shoes
- to take over someone's responsibilities
Webster's New World
in another's shoes
- in another's position
Webster's New World
the shoe is on the other foot
- the situation is reversed for the persons involved
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Shoe
Noun
Singular:
shoe
Plural:
shoesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shoe
Origin of Shoe
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From Middle English shoo, from Old English scōh (“shoe"), from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz (“shoe", literally "covering") (cf. Scots shae, West Frisian skoech, Low German Schoh, Dutch schoen, German Schuh, Danish and Swedish sko), from Proto-Indo-European *skeuk- (cf. Tocharian B skāk "˜balcony'), from *(s)keu- (“to cover"). More at sky.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English scōh
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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