shoe

shoe
shoe1 W3S2 [ʃu:] n
↑heel, ↑upper, ↑toe, ↑lace, ↑lining, ↑sole
[: Old English; Origin: scoh]
1.) something that you wear to cover your feet, made of leather or some other strong material
▪ I sat down and took off my shoes and socks.
▪ a pair of shoes
▪ He was wearing pointed black shoes .
▪ What size shoes do you take?
▪ high-heeled shoes
▪ running shoes
▪ a shoe shop
▪ shoe polish
2.) in sb's shoes
in someone else's situation, especially a bad one
▪ I wouldn't like to be in his shoes when his wife finds out what happened.
▪ Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing.
▪ Don't be cross with them. Try to put yourself in their shoes (=imagine what it would feel like to be in their situation) .
3.) step into/fill sb's shoes
to do a job that someone else used to do, and do it as well as they did
▪ It'll be hard to find someone to fill Pete's shoes.
4.) a curved piece of iron that is nailed onto a horse's foot
→if the shoe fits, (wear it) at ↑fit1 (8)
shoe 2
shoe2 past tense and past participle shod [ʃɔd US ʃa:d] present participle shoeing
v [T]
to put a ↑horseshoe on a horse
▪ We took the horses to be shod.
→↑shod

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • Shoe — (sh[=oo]), n.; pl. {Shoes} (sh[=oo]z), formerly {Shoon} (sh[=oo]n), now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc[=o]h, sce[ o]h; akin to OFries. sk[=o], OS. sk[=o]h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk[=o]r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk[=o]hs; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To protect or ornament… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shoe — shoe; shoe·ing; shoe·less; shoe·pac; un·shoe; shoe·pack; …   English syllables

  • shoe — [sho͞o] n. [ME sho < OE sceoh, akin to Ger schuh < IE base * (s)keu , to cover > SKY, HIDE1] 1. an outer covering for the human foot, made of leather, canvas, etc. and usually having a stiff or thick sole and a heel: sometimes restricted …   English World dictionary

  • 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 root …   Etymology dictionary

  • shoe — ► NOUN 1) a covering for the foot having a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle. 2) a horseshoe. 3) a brake shoe or a drag for a wheel. 4) a socket on a camera for fitting a flash unit. 5) a metal rim or ferrule, especially on the runner… …   English terms dictionary

  • Shoe — Shoe. См. колодка. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

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  • shoe — The verb has inflected forms shoes, shoeing, and (past tense and past participle) shod …   Modern English usage

  • Shoe — This article is about footwear. For other uses, see Shoe (disambiguation). Various shoes for sale in Quarry Bay …   Wikipedia

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