shoe

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
3. A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
4. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
5. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
6. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
7. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
8. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
9. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
10. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
11. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
12. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
13. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
14. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
15. (historical) Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
16. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
17. (broadly, slang) A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
18. (slang) A fake passport.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To put shoes on one's own feet.
2. (transitive) To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.
3. (intransitive) To cover an object with a protective layer of material.

Synonyms

boot

👢

sandal

👡

footwear

horseshoe

shoes

slipper

skid

brake shoe

hard rubber

give grounding

chock

footgear

sneaker

moccasin

petal

pointed

sandals

shoelace

soleplate

solitary confinement

track

half-boot

mocassin

upper part

pair of shoes

hard tip

underbed

leather shoe

foot covering

foot-cover

guide edge

floor plate

guide plate

sole plate

steerage fin

guide runner

creeper tread

hob

accelerator pedal

trilby

boots

buskin

butt end

clog

ferrule

flip-flop

foot

🦶

footprint

👣

ground

hole

🕳️

Translations

chaussure

👞

Schuh

👞

zapato

👞

scarpa

👞

schoen

👞

soulier

👞

sapato

👞

sabata

👞

calceus

calçado

ayakkabı

👞

παπούτσι

sandale

👡

calzado

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃuː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scho

Inherited from Old English: sċōh

Inherited from Middle English: shon

Cognate with Scots: shuin

Cognate with Scots: shae

Cognate with Western Frisian: skoech

Cognate with Low German: Schoh

Cognate with Dutch: schoen

Cognate with German: Schuh

Cognate with Bavarian: Schuach

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Swedish: sko

Cognate with Tokharian B: skak

In summary

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”).