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shoe
[shoo] 
noun, plural shoes, (especially British Dialect
) shoon; verb, shod or shoed, shod or shoed or shod⋅den, shoe⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | an object or part resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. |
| 3. | a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal. |
| 4. | a ferrule or the like, as of iron, for protecting the end of a staff, pole, etc. |
| 5. | brake shoe. |
| 6. | the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire. |
| 7. | a drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle. |
| 8. | 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. |
| 9. | the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail. |
| 10. | Civil Engineering.
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| 11. | a small molding, as a quarter round, closing the angle between a baseboard and a floor. |
| 12. | the outwardly curved portion at the base of a downspout. |
| 13. | a piece of iron or stone, sunk into the ground, against which the leaves of a gateway are shut. |
| 14. | a device on a camera that permits an accessory, as a flashgun, to be attached. |
| 15. | a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh. |
| 16. | Cards. dealing box. |
| 17. | Furniture.
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| 18. | Printing. a box into which unusable type is thrown. |
| 19. | a chute conveying grain to be ground into flour. |
| 20. | Carpentry. soleplate. |
| 21. | Nautical. a thickness of planking covering the bottom of the keel of a wooden vessel to protect it against rubbing. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 22. | to provide or fit with a shoe or shoes. |
| 23. | to protect or arm at the point, edge, or face with a ferrule, metal plate, or the like. |
| 24. | drop the other shoe, to complete an action or enterprise already begun. |
| 25. | 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. |
| 26. | in someone's shoes, in a position or situation similar to that of another: I wouldn't like to be in his shoes. |
| 27. | 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. |
| 28. | where the shoe pinches, the true cause of the trouble or worry. |
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME scho(o), OE sceō(h), c. G Schuh, ON skōr, Goth skōhs; (v.) ME schon, OE scōg(e)an, c. MLG schoi(g)en, ON skūa
bef. 900; (n.) ME scho(o), OE sceō(h), c. G Schuh, ON skōr, Goth skōhs; (v.) ME schon, OE scōg(e)an, c. MLG schoi(g)en, ON skūa
Related forms:
shoeless, adjective
brake shoe
–noun
| 1. | a rigid plate, usually of steel in the shape of an arc of a cylinder, coated on the outside of its curved surface with a friction-producing material and tightened against the inside of a brake drum to produce a braking action. |
| 2. | (on a bicycle) one of two metal blocks holding rubber pads that, when the hand brake is activated, press against the rotating wheel to produce a braking action. Compare caliper (def. 6). |
dealing box
–noun
| a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer. |
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| shoe (shōō) n.
[Middle English, from Old English scōh.] |
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Shoe
Shoe\ (sh[=oo]), n. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile.Shoe
Shoe\, n.; pl. Shoes, formerly Shoon, now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc?h, sce['o]h; akin to OFries. sk?, OS. sk?h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk?r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk?hs; of unknown origin.]1. A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. --Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. --Shak. 2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. (c) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib. Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. Shoe of an anchor. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. Shoe block (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. Shoe bolt, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. Shoe pac, a kind of moccasin. See Pac. Shoe stone, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather.Shoe
Shoe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shod; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoeing.] [AS. sc?ian, sce?ian. See Shoe, n.]1. To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor. 2. To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip. The sharp and small end of the billiard stick, which is shod with brass or silver. --Evelyn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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shoe
O.E. scoh "shoe," from P.Gmc. *skokhaz (cf. O.N. skor, Dan., Swed. sko, O.Fris. skoch, O.S. skoh, M.Du. scoe, Du. schoen, O.H.G. scuoh, Ger. Schuh, Goth. skoh). No known cognates outside Gmc., unless it somehow is connected with PIE base *skeu- "cover" (cf. second element in L. ob-scurus). Old plural form shoon lasted until 16c. Meaning "metal plate to protect a horse's hoof" is attested from 1387. The verb is from O.E. scogan. Distinction between shoe and boot is attested from c.1400. Shoeshine is from 1911. Shoelace is attested from 1647. Shoestring is from 1616; as fig. for "a small amount" it is recorded from 1882; as a type of necktie, from 1903. Shoebox is attested from 1860; as a type of building, from 1968. To stand in someone's shoes "see things from his or her point of view" is attested from 1767. Old shoe as a type of something worthless is attested from c.1386. Shoes tied to the fender of a newlywed couple's car preserves the old custom (mentioned from 1546) of throwing an old shoe at or after someone to wish them luck. Perhaps the association is with dirtiness, on the "muck is luck" theory.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Shoe
Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, _min'al_, "a bar," is derived from a root meaning "to bolt" or "shut fast," and hence a fastness or fortress. The verse has accordingly been rendered "iron and brass shall be thy fortress," or, as in the Revised Version, "thy bars [marg., "shoes"] shall be iron and brass."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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shoe
In addition to the idiom beginning with shoe, 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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