shoe


Definition: Meaning of, shoe in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ʃuː /

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shoe shoes
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  1. something that you wear to cover your feet, made of leather or some other strong material
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  2. in somebody's shoes in someone else's situation, especially a bad one
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  3. step into/fill somebody's shoes to do a job that someone else used to do, and do it as well as they did
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  4. a curved piece of iron that is nailed onto a horse's foot [=  horseshoe]
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
shoe shod shod
Present Participle Third Person Singular
shoeing shoes
[transitive]
  1. to put a HORSESHOE on a horse
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shoe used in phrases

  • Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The
    1. a character in a NURSERY RHYME (= old song or poem for children), which starts:There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,/Who had so many children she didn't know what to do /...
  • Venus's shoe (noun)
    1. any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
  • baby shoe (noun)
    1. a shoe designed to be worn by infants
  • boat shoe (noun)
    1. originally designed to be worn on a boat a casual shoe, typically canvas or leather with rubber soles
  • bowling shoe (noun)
    1. a special shoe worn when bowling
  • brake shoe (noun)
    1. one of the two curved parts that press against the wheel of a vehicle in order to make it go more slowly or stop
  • congress shoe (noun)
    1. an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides
  • court shoe (noun)
    1. British English a type of plain formal shoe worn by women [=  pump American English]
  • deck shoe (noun)
    1. a flat shoe made of CANVAS (= heavy cloth)
  • gym shoe (noun)
    1. a light shoe with a cloth top and a flat rubber bottom that children wear for games and sport at school [=  plimsoll British English]
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