shoehorn

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place.
2. (derogatory) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
3. (obsolete) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Verb

1. (literally) To use a shoehorn.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.

Conceptes

calçador

entallar

Sinònims

shoe-horn

bone

🦴

shoe-lift

Traduccions

Schuhlöffel

chausse-pied

calzador

Schuhanzieher

calzascarpe

calçadeira

calzante

schoenlepel

calzatoio

قَرْن

قرن

κόκαλο

corno da scarpa

çekecek

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʃuːˌhɔː(ɹ)n/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From shoe + horn.