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shoe
(sho͞o)n.
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 (shŏd), shod or shod·den (shŏd′n), shoe·ing, shoes
Idioms: 1. To furnish or fit with a shoe or shoes.
2. To cover with a wooden or metal guard to protect against wear.
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 scōh.]
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shoe
(ʃuː)n
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. (Card Games) (in baccarat, etc) a boxlike device for holding several packs of cards and allowing the cards to be dispensed singly
5. (Civil Engineering) a base for the supports of a superstructure of a bridge, roof, etc
6. (Railways) a metal collector attached to an electric train that slides along the third rail and picks up power for the motor
7. (General Engineering) engineering a lining to protect from and withstand wear. See brake shoe, pile shoe
8. be in a person's shoes informal to be in another person's situation
vb (tr) , shoes, shoeing or shod
9. (Clothing & Fashion) to furnish with shoes
10. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to fit (a horse) with horseshoes
11. (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]
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shoe
(ʃu)n., pl. shoes, n.
1. an external covering for the human foot, usu. of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
2. a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal.
3. brake shoe.
4. the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire.
5. a part having a larger area than the end of an object on which it fits, serving to disperse or apply its weight or thrust.
6. the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail.
7. a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh.
v.t. 8. to provide with a shoe or shoes.
9. to protect or arm at the point, edge, or face with a ferrule, metal plate, or the like.
Idioms: in someone's shoes, in the place or situation of another.
[before 900; Old English sceō(h), c. Old Frisian skōch, Old High German scuoh, Old Norse skōr, Gothic skōhs; (v.) Middle English schon, Old English scōg(e)an]
shoe′less, adj.
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shoe
Past participle: shod
Gerund: shoeing
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| 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 materialanklet - 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 calceus - a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans 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) gaiter - a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides heel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation 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 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 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 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 | |
| 4. |  shoe - a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotationbrake 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" |
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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-pickerCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
حِذاءيَضَعُ حِدْوَة لِحافِر الفَرَسحِدْوَة الفَرَس
botaokovatpodkovapolobotkastřevíc
skobeslåhestesko
ŝuo
kenkähevosenkenkäkengittää
cipelapostolapotkova
cipőmegpatkolmegvasalpatkópatkol
sepatu
járnaskeifaskór
靴
구두
calceus
apautasapsiavęsbatsiuvysbatų raišteliskaustyti
apkaltkurpe
pantofpotcoavă
okovaťpodkova
čeveljpodkev
обућапатикапотковицаципела
sko
รองเท้า
giày
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)
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 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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shoe
[ˈʃuː] n
(= 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.
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.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
shoe
vb: pret, ptp <shod>n
→ 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
shoe
:shoeblack
n → Schuhputzer m
shoebox
shoebrush
n → Schuhbürste f
shoe cream
n → Schuhcreme f, → Schuhkrem(e) f
shoehorn
n → Schuhanzieher m, → Schuhlöffel m
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
shoeshine
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
n
shoestring budget
n → Minibudget nt (inf)
shoetree
n → (Schuh)spanner m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
shoe
[ʃuː] (shod (vb: pt, pp))1. n
b. (horseshoe) → ferro di cavallo
c. (also brake shoe) → ganascia (del freno)
2. vt (horse) → ferrare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shoe
(ʃuː) noun1. an outer covering for the foot. a new pair of shoes.
2. (also ˈhorseshoe) a curved piece of iron nailed to the hoof of a horse.
verb – present participle ˈshoeing: past tense, past participles shod (ʃod) , shoed – to put a shoe or shoes on (a horse etc).
shod (ʃod) adjective with a shoe or shoes on.
ˈshoelace , (American) ˈshoestring noun a kind of string or cord for fastening a shoe.
ˈshoemaker noun a person who makes, repairs, or sells shoes.
on a shoestring with or using very little money. He has to live on a shoestring.
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shoe
→ حِذاء bota sko Schuh παπούτσι zapato kenkä chaussure cipela scarpa 靴 구두 schoen sko but sapato туфля sko รองเท้า ayakkabı giày 鞋子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
shoe
n. zapato, calzado;
cast ___ → ___ en escayola;
orthopedic ___ -s → calzado ortopédico.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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shoe
n zapato; orthopedic shoes zapatos ortopédicosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.