shoe
Noun
- An outer covering for the human foot.
- footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
- (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
- U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
- a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
- A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
- A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
- A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- 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.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- 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.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- 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.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- 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.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- An ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.
- The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
- A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
- A fake passport.
Verb
Verb Forms: shod, shoed, shodden, shoeing, shoes
- To provide or fit with shoes, especially horses.
- furnish with shoes
- "the children were well shoed"
- To put shoes on one's own feet.
- To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.
- To cover an object with a protective layer of material.
Examples
- Before the big Words With Friends tournament, he tried to SHOE himself with good luck charms.
- Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.
- He chose to play ’SHOE’ for minimal points, saving his better letters for a future bingo.
- Men and women clothed and shod for the ascent.
- Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.
- The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.
- Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English scho, sho, from Old English sċōh (“shoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz (“shoe”), of unclear etymology; possibly a derivation from *skehaną (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English sabatine, sabatoun (“shoe”) from Medieval Latin sabatēnum, sabatum (“shoe, slipper”) (compare Old Occitan sabatō, Spanish zapato (“shoe”), French sabot (“wooden shoe, clog”), Italian ciabatta). The archaic plural shoon is from Middle English shon, from Old English scōn, scōum (“shoes”, dative plural) and scōna (“shoes'”, genitive plural); it is cognate with Scots shuin (“shoes”). See also Scots shae, West Frisian skoech, Low German Schoh, Dutch schoen, German Schuh, Bavarian Schuach, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish sko, Tocharian B skāk (“balcony”).
Scrabble Score: 7
shoe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshoe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shoe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary