shoe
Meaning
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
- (slang) A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
- (slang) A fake passport.
Concepts
shoe
boot
sandal
footwear
horseshoe
slipper
shoes
brake shoe
skid
chock
give grounding
sneaker
hard rubber
footgear
butt end
ferrule
hard tip
foot covering
half-boot
foot-cover
clog
ground
leather shoe
sandals
boots
petal
buskin
floor plate
sole plate
underbed
guide edge
guide plate
guide runner
steerage fin
creeper tread
soleplate
pointed
jaw
pair of shoes
hob
trilby
hole
solitary confinement
foot
footprint
track
moccasin
accelerator pedal
flip-flop
jandal
shoelace
upper part
mocassin
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃuː/
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”). Cognates: 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”). .
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