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shoe (sh

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1. A durable covering for the human foot, made of leather or similar material with a rigid sole and heel, usually extending no higher than the ankle.

2. A horseshoe.

3. A part or device that is located at the base of something or that functions as a protective covering, as:

a. A strip of metal fitted onto the bottom of a sled runner.

b. The base for the supports of the superstructure of a bridge.

c. The ferrule on the end of a cane.

d. The casing of a pneumatic tire.

4. A device that retards or stops the motion of an object, as the part of a brake that presses against the wheel or drum.

5. The sliding contact plate on an electric train or streetcar that conducts electricity from the third rail.

6. A chute, as for conveying grain from a hopper.

7. Games A case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.

8. shoes Informal

a. Position; status: You would understand my decision if you put yourself in my shoes.

b. Plight: I wouldn't want to be in her shoes.

tr.v. shod (sh

d), shod or shod·den (sh

n), shoe·ing, shoes

1. To furnish or fit with a shoe or shoes.

2. To cover with a wooden or metal guard to protect against wear.

Idioms:

the shoe is on the other foot Informal

The circumstances have been reversed; an unequal relationship has been inverted.

wait for the other shoe to drop Slang

To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.

[Middle English, from Old English sch.]

shoe [ʃuː]

1. (Clothing & Fashion)

a. 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

b. (as modifier) shoe cleaner

2. anything resembling a shoe in shape, function, position, etc., such as a horseshoe

3. (Individual Sports, other than specified) a band of metal or wood on the bottom of the runner of a sledge

4. (Group Games / Card Games) (in baccarat, etc.) a boxlike device for holding several packs of cards and allowing the cards to be dispensed singly

5. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a base for the supports of a superstructure of a bridge, roof, etc.

6. (Transport / Railways) a metal collector attached to an electric train that slides along the third rail and picks up power for the motor

7. (Engineering / General Engineering) 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

vb shoes, shoeing, shod (tr)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) to furnish with shoes

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to fit (a horse) with horseshoes

3. (Engineering / General Engineering) to furnish with a hard cover, such as a metal plate, for protection against friction or bruising

[Old English scōh; related to Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs, Old High German scuoh]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	shoe - 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 anklet - a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle baby shoe - a shoe designed to be worn by infants balmoral - a sturdy laced walking shoe blucher - a high shoe with laces over the tongue bowling shoe - a special shoe worn when bowling brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work shoe - a thick and heavy shoe calceus - a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans chopine, platform - a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole chukka boot, chukka - a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets; often made of suede cleats - shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles; "the football players all wore cleats" shoe collar, collar - the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot congress boot, congress gaiter, congress shoe - an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides heel counter, counter - a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; "a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot" flipper, fin - a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) footgear, footwear - covering for a person's feet gaiter - a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides ghillie, gillie - a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep gym shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe - a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole heel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation innersole, insole - the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests instep - the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot lace, lacing - a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) Loafer - a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel mocassin, moccasin - soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans outsole - the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground oxford - a low shoe laced over the instep pump - a low-cut shoe without fastenings running shoe - a light comfortable shoe designed for running sabot, wooden shoe - a shoe carved from a single block of wood saddle - a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe sandal - a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot shoe lace, shoelace, shoestring, shoe string - a lace used for fastening shoes slingback, sling - a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel spike - sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction" throat - an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep toe box - the forward tip of the upper of a shoe or boot that provides space and protection for the toes; "the toe box may be rounded or pointed" toecap - a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it tongue - the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot upper - piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot; "Uppers come in many styles" walker - a shoe designed for comfortable walking walking shoe - a light comfortable shoe designed for vigorous walking wedgie - a shoe with a wedge heel wing tip - a shoe having a wing-tip toecap
	2.	shoe - (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time card game, cards - a game played with playing cards case - a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
	3.	shoe - U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof horseshoe scale, shell, plate - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
	4.	shoe - a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation brake shoe, skid brake lining - the lining on the brake shoes that comes in contact with the brake drum drum brake - hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
Verb	1.	shoe - furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed" apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, habilitate, fit out, dress - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"

shoe

Shoes and boots

ankle boot, arctic (U.S.), Balmoral, biker boot, blucher (obsolete), bootee, bottine, bovver boot (Brit. slang), brogan, brogue, brothel creeper (informal), buskin, chopine or chopin, chukka boot, clog, co-respondent, cothurnus or cothurn, court shoe (cowboy boot), creeper (informal), crowboot, deck shoe, Doc Marten (trademark), espadrille, field boot, flat or flatty, flip-flop (football boot), gaiter or spat, galosh, ghillie (Scot.) (golf shoe), gumboot, gumshoe, gym shoe, half boot, Hessian boot, high heel, hobnail boot, jackboot, Jandal (N.Z., trademark) (kitten heel), lace-up, larrigan, loafer, moccasin, moonboot, mukluk, mule, overshoe, Oxford, pantofle, pantoffle, or pantoufle (archaic), platform, plimsoll or plimsole, pump, racket or racquet, running shoe, rock boot, sabot, sandal, sandshoe, scuff, slingback, slip-on, slipper, sneaker, snowshoe, spike, stiletto, surgical boot, tennis shoe (thigh boot), top boot, track shoe, training shoe or trainer, veldskoen, wader, wedge or wedge heel, welly, Wellington boot, winkle-picker

Translations

shoe [ʃuː] (shod (vb: pt, pp))

A. N

1. (= footwear) → zapato m; (for horse) → herradura f
to put on one's shoes → ponerse los zapatos, calzarse(frm)
to take off one's shoes → quitarse los zapatos, descalzarse(frm)
I wouldn't like to be in his shoes → no quisiera estar en su lugar or pellejo
if I were in your shoes → si yo estuviese en tu lugar, yo que tú
to step into sb's shoes → pasar a ocupar el puesto de algn
to be waiting for dead men's shoes esperar a que muera algn (para pasar luego a ocupar su puesto)

2. (Aut) (also brake shoe) → zapata f

B. VT [+ horse] → herrar

C. CPD shoe box N → caja f de zapatos
shoe brush N → cepillo m para zapatos
shoe cream N → crema f de zapatos, crema f para el calzado
shoe leather N → cuero m para zapatos
to wear out one's shoe leather → gastarse el calzado
I wore out a lot of shoe leather; it cost me a lot in shoe leather → tuve que andar lo mío, tuve que recorrer mucho camino
shoe polish N → betún m, lustre m (LAm)
shoe repairer N → zapatero/a m/f remendón/ona
shoe repairs NPL → reparación fsing de zapatos, reparación fsing de calzado
shoe shop N → zapatería f

shoe [ˈʃuː]

(= footwear) → chaussure f, soulier m
a pair of shoes → une paire de chaussures
to fill sb's shoes, to step into sb's shoes → prendre la place de qn
in sb's shoes (= in their position) → à la place de qn
I wouldn't want to be in his shoes → Je ne voudrais pas être à sa place.

(also horseshoe) → fer m à cheval

(also brake shoe) → mâchoire f de frein

vt [shod] [ˈʃɒd] (pt, pp) [+ horse] → ferrer
shoe box n → boîte f à chaussures

shoe vb: pret, ptp <shod>

→ Schuh m; I wouldn’t like to be in his shoes → ich möchte nicht in seiner Haut stecken; to put oneself in somebody’s shoes → sich in jds Lage (acc) → versetzen; to step into or fill somebody’s shoes → an jds Stelle (acc) → treten or rücken; where the shoe pinches (fig) → wo mich/uns der Schuh drückt; if the shoe fits(, wear it) (US prov) → wem die Jacke passt (, → der soll sie sich (dat) → anziehen)

(= horseshoe) → (Huf)eisen nt

(= brake shoe) → Bremsschuh m

(for electric power cable) → (Gleit)schuh m; (for mast) → Schuh m; (on sledge) → Beschlag m

vt horse → beschlagen; to be well-shod (of person) → gut beschuht sein (hum, geh)

shoe:

shoeblack

n → Schuhputzer m

shoebox

n (lit: for shoes) → Schuhkarton m; (fig: = small flat) → Schuhkarton m (inf fig)

shoebrush

n → Schuhbürste f

shoe cream

n → Schuhcreme f, → Schuhkrem(e) f

shoehorn

n → Schuhanzieher m, → Schuhlöffel m

vt to shoe oneself/something into something → sich/etw in etw (acc) → zwängen

shoelace

n → Schnürsenkel m

shoe leather

n → Schuhleder nt; to wear out one’s shoe → seine Schuhe auftragen; save shoe by taking the bus → fahr mit dem Bus und schone deine Schuhsohlen

shoeless

adj → ohne Schuhe

shoemaker

n → Schuhmacher(in) m(f), → Schuster(in) m(f)

shoemender

n → (Flick)schuster(in) m(f)

shoe polish

n → Schuhcreme f

shoe repairer

n (= person) → Schuster(in) m(f); (= shop) → Schuhreparaturdienst m

shoeshine

n (US) → Schuh(e)putzen nt; to have a shoe → sich (dat) → die Schuhe putzen lassen

shoeshine boy

n → Schuhputzer m

shoe shop

n → Schuhgeschäft nt

shoe size

n → Schuhgröße f; what shoe are you? → welche Schuhgröße haben Sie?; act your age, not your shoe (inf) → stell dich nicht so kindisch an

shoestring

(US: = shoelace) → Schnürsenkel m, → Schnürband nt

(fig) to live on a shoe → von der Hand in den Mund leben; the project is run on a shoe → das Projekt wird mit ganz wenig Geld finanziert

shoestring budget

n → Minibudget nt (inf)

shoetree

n → (Schuh)spanner m

shoe [ʃuː] (shod (vb: pt, pp))

1. n

a. → scarpa, calzatura
I wouldn't like to be in his shoes → non vorrei essere nei suoi panni

b. (horseshoe) → ferro di cavallo

c. (also brake shoe) → ganascia (del freno)

2. vt (horse) → ferrare

shoe [ʃuː] (shod (vb: pt, pp))

1. n

a. → scarpa, calzatura
I wouldn't like to be in his shoes → non vorrei essere nei suoi panni

b. (horseshoe) → ferro di cavallo

c. (also brake shoe) → ganascia (del freno)

2. vt (horse) → ferrare

shoe

n shoe [ʃuː]

1 an outer covering for the foot a new pair of shoes. skoen حِذاء обувка střevíc, polobotka sko der Schuh παπούτσι zapato king كفش kenkä chaussure נַעַל जूता cipela, obuća cipő sepatu skór scarpa 靴 신발 batas kurpe kasut schoen sko but sapato pantof, încălţăminte туфля, ботинок topánka čevelj cipela sko รองเท้า ayakkabı 鞋 черевик; туфля جوتا giày 鞋

2 (alsoˈhorseshoe) a curved piece of iron nailed to the hoof of a horse. hoefyster حِدْوَة الفَرَس подкова podkova hestesko das Hufeisen πέταλο herradura hobuseraud نعل اسب hevosenkenkä fer à cheval פַּרסָה नाल potkova patkó ladam, sepatu kuda skeifa ferro di cavallo 蹄鉄 편자 pasaga pakavs ladam hoefijzer hestesko podkowa ferradura potcoavă подкова podkova podkev potkovica []sko เกือกม้า nal 馬蹄鐵 підкова گھوڑے کا نعل sắt bịt móng 蹄铁

v – present participle ˈshoeing : past tense, past participles shod [ʃod], shoed –

to put a shoe or shoes on (a horse etc). beslaan يَضَعُ حِدْوَة لِحافِر الفَرَس подковавам (кон) okovat sko beschlagen πεταλώνω herrar kängitsema, rautama اسب نعل كردن kengittää chausser; ferrer לְפָּרזֵל नाल ठोंकना obuvati, potkivati megpatkol memasang ladam járna calzare; ferrare 蹄鉄を打つ 신을 신기다, 편자를 박다 pasaga apkalt (zirgu) memasang ladam beslaan, schoeien sko, beslå obuwać, podkuwać pôr ferraduras a încălţa; a potcovi обувать; подковывать obuť; podkuť obuti; podkovati potkovati sko สวมรองเท้า nallamak 釘上馬蹄鐵 підковувати گھوڑے کی نعل بندی کرنا đi giày, đóng móng ngựa 钉马掌

adj shod [ʃod]

with a shoe or shoes on. moet skoene aan ذو حِدْوَة обут obutý skoet beschuht που φοράει παπούτσια calzado kingad jalas نعل كوبيدن kengät jalassa chaussé; ferré עִם נַעֲלַיִים जूता पहना हुआ potkovan, obuven megpatkolt berladam skóaður (provvisto di scarpe); ferrato 蹄鉄を打った 신을 신은 apsiavęs, apautas apauts; apkalts; apāvies berkasut beslagen, geschoeid skodd, beslått obuty, podkuty calçado încălţat обутый obutý obut; podkovan obuven skodd ที่มีรองเท้า ayakkabılı, ayakkabı giymiş 穿著鞋的 взутий جوتے پہنے ہوا đi giày có kiểu 穿着鞋（蹄铁的）

n shoelace

a kind of string or cord for fastening a shoe. skoenriem, veter رِباط الحِذاء връзка за обувки tkanička snørebånd der Schnürsenkel κορδόνι παπουτσιού cordón kingapael بند كفش kengännauha lacet שְׂרוֵכי נַעֲלַיִים जूते का फीता vezica za cipele, žniranac cipőfűző tali sepatu skóreim laccio di scarpa 靴ひも 구두끈 batų raištelis kurpju saite tali kasut schoenveter skolisse sznurowadło atacador şiret de pantof шнурок šnúrka do topánky vezalka pertla skosnöre, -rem เชือกรองเท้า ayakkabı bağı 鞋帶 шнурок جوتے کا تسمہ dây giày 鞋带

n shoemaker

a person who makes, repairs, or sells shoes. skoenmaker صانِع الأحْذِيَه обущар obuvník skomager; skohandler der Schuhmacher υποδηματοποιός zapatero kingsepp كفاش suutari cordonnier/-ière סַנדלָר मोची postolar cipész tukang sepatu skósmiður calzolaio 靴屋 구두 수선인 batsiuvys kurpnieks pembuat kasut schoenmaker skomaker szewc sapateiro cizmar сапожник obuvník čevljar obućar skomakare ช่างทำรองเท้า ayakkabıcı 鞋匠 швець, чоботар جفت ساز موچی thợ đóng giày 制鞋工人

on a shoestring

with or using very little money He has to live on a shoestring. met min geld يُدَبِّرُ أمورَه بمالٍ قَليل оскъдно za pár grošů på et meget stramt budget mit minimalen Geldmitteln με πενταροδεκάρες muy justo, con pocos recursos peost suhu با پول كم kädestä suuhun à peu de frais עִם תַּקצִיב מוּעַט बहुत कम धन का उपयोग करना s ograničenim sredstvima filléres alapon, igen szerényen dengan uang sedikit knappur (con poco denaro) 僅かの金で 적은 돈으로 striukai, taupiai, skatiką spaudžiant trūcīgi; taupot katru kapeiku berjimat cermat met erg weinig geld fra hånd til munn biednie, skromnie, w niedostatku com poucos recursos cu puţine cheltuieli на скудные средства za pár grošov z malo denarja sa malo para med små medel มีเงินน้อย çok az parayla, kıt kanaat 有或用極少的錢 на копійки بمشکل گزارہ dùng rất ít tiền 小额资本（金钱）

shoe → حذاء bota sko Schuh παπούτσι zapato kenkä chaussure cipela scarpa 靴 구두 schoen sko but sapato туфля sko รองเท้า ayakkabı giày 鞋子

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