shoe

[ shoo ]

/ ʃu /

noun, plural shoes, (especially British Dialect) shoon.

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

before 900; (noun) Middle English scho(o), Old English sceō(h), cognate with German Schuh, Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs; (v.) Middle English schon, Old English scōg(e)an, cognate with Middle Low German schoi(g)en, Old Norse skūa

OTHER WORDS FROM shoe

shoe·less, adjective re·shoe, verb (used with object), re·shod, re·shoe·ing. un·der·shoe, noun un·shoed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shoe

shoe shoo

Words nearby shoe

shockproof, shockstall, shockumentary, shod, shoddy, shoe, shoe boil, shoe is on the other foot, the, shoe leather, shoebill, shoeblack

Example sentences from the Web for shoeless

On 1902, a shoeless boy from the Great Smoky Mountains stood before the dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The Strange, True Tale of the Old-Timey Goat Testicle-Implanting 'Governor' |Penny Lane |September 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The cynics are crowing after Jeffrey Hillman turned out to be neither homeless nor shoeless.

Officer’s Gift to ‘Homeless’ Man Triggers Controversy |Winston Ross |December 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Shoeless, he ran into the car and barreled out of the driveway before careening off a fire hydrant and then smashing into a tree.

Tiger's Thanksgiving Mystery — Solved |Gerald Posner |January 24, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
He was hatless and shoeless, and his shirt and trousers were dropping off him.

Soldier Stories |Rudyard Kipling

Some were without hats and coats, while others were shoeless and covered with filth and vermin.

Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers |J. Newton Terrill
Much of the time half-clad and shoeless, the snow-covered ground bore the bloody imprint of their naked feet.

Lee and Longstreet at High Tide |Helen D. Longstreet
No one heard the shoeless feet of the two boys as they stole down the stairs.

The Lost Prince |Frances Hodgson Burnett
Winchester was made the rendezvous for all the sick, lame, shoeless and others who remained as we passed Leesburg.

The Story of a Confederate boy in the Civil War |David E. Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for shoeless

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

engineering a lining to protect from and withstand wear See brake shoe, pile shoe

be in a person's shoes informal to be in another person's situation

verb shoes, shoeing or shod (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

Idioms and Phrases with shoeless

shoe

In addition to the idiom beginning with shoe

shoe is on the other foot, the

also see:

comfortable as an old shoe
fill someone's shoes
goody-two-shoes
if the shoe fits
in someone's shoes
step into someone's shoes
wait for the other shoe to drop

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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shoe

noun, plural shoes, (especially British Dialect) shoon.

verb (used with object), shod or shoed, shod or shoed or shod·den, shoe·ing.

Idioms for shoe

Origin of shoe

OTHER WORDS FROM shoe

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shoe

Words nearby shoe

Example sentences from the Web for shoeless

British Dictionary definitions for shoeless

noun

verb shoes, shoeing or shod (tr)

Word Origin for shoe

Idioms and Phrases with shoeless

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

shoe

noun, plural shoes, (especially British Dialect) shoon.

verb (used with object), shod or shoed, shod or shoed or shod·den, shoe·ing.

Idioms for shoe

Origin of shoe

OTHER WORDS FROM shoe

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shoe

Words nearby shoe

Words related to shoeless

Example sentences from the Web for shoeless

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noun

verb shoes, shoeing or shod (tr)

Word Origin for shoe

Idioms and Phrases with shoeless

British Dictionary definitions for shoeless