Shoe
[ʃuː] or [ʃu]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.
(verb.) furnish with shoes; 'the children were well shoed'.
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Definition
(n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.
(n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
(n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
(n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
(n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
(n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
(n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
(n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
(n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
(n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
(n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
(n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.
(n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
(n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.
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Definition
n. a covering for the foot not coming above the ankle: a rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to keep it from injury: anything in form or use like a shoe:—pl. Shoes (shōōz).—v.t. to furnish with shoes: to cover at the bottom:—pr.p. shoe′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. shod.—ns. Shoe′-bill the whalehead (Bal鎛iceps); Shoe′black one who blacks and cleans shoes or boots; Shoe′-black′ing blacking for boots and shoes; Shoe′-boy a boy who cleans shoes; Shoe′-brush a brush for cleaning boots or shoes; Shoe′-buck′le a buckle for fastening the shoe on the foot by means of a latchet passing over the instep; Shoe′-hamm′er a broad-faced hammer for pounding leather and for driving pegs &c.; Shoe′horn a curved piece of horn or metal used in putting on a shoe; Shoe′ing-horn a shoehorn: (obs.) anything by which a transaction is facilitated; Shoe′-lace a shoe-string; Shoe′-latch′et a thong for holding a shoe sandal &c. on the foot; Shoe′-leath′er leather for shoes: shoes or shoeing generally.—adj. Shoe′less destitute of shoes.—ns. Shoe′maker one whose trade or occupation is to make shoes or boots; Shoe′making; Shoe′-peg a small peg of wood or metal for fastening different parts of a shoe together; Sho′er one who furnishes shoes a horse-shoer; Shoe′-stretch′er a last having a movable piece for distending the leather of the shoe in any part; Shoe′-string a string used to draw the sides of the shoe or boot together; Shoe′-tie a cord or string for lacing a shoe: (Shak.) a traveller; Shoe′-work′er one employed in a shoe-factory.—Another pair of shoes (coll.) quite a different matter; Be in one's shoes or boots to be in one's place; Die in one's shoes to die by violence esp. by hanging; Put the shoe on the right foot to lay the blame where it rightly belongs.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing your shoes ragged and soiled, denotes that you will make enemies by your unfeeling criticisms. To have them blacked in your dreams, foretells improvement in your affairs, and some important event will cause you satisfaction. New shoes, augur changes which will prove beneficial. If they pinch your feet, you will be uncomfortably exposed to the practical joking of the fun-loving companions of your sex. To find them untied, denotes losses, quarrels and ill-health. To lose them, is a sign of desertion and divorces. To dream that your shoes have been stolen during the night, but you have two pairs of hose, denotes you will have a loss, but will gain in some other pursuit. For a young woman to dream that her shoes are admired while on her feet, warns her to be cautious in allowing newly introduced people, and men of any kind, to approach her in a familiar way.
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Examples
- Tell monsieur what kind of shoe it is, and the maker's name. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Her glance swept the horse-shoe curve of boxes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He dragged on his second shoe. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In 1858 also, about the same time the Sturtevant pegging machine was introduced, the shoe-sewing machine was developed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Holmes opened the case, and moistening his finger he passed it along the shoe. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I love those pretty feet so dearly, that I feel as if I could not bear the dirt to soil the sole of your shoe. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He slipped off his worn down-trodden shoes, and cast himself heavily, all wet as he was, upon the bed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They wore a good deal of hair, not very neatly turned up behind, and were rather untidy about the shoes and stockings. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Was it her shoes, her stays, or her bones? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The shoes remain in these vulcanizers from six to seven hours, subjected to extreme heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There were a couple of shelves, with a few plates and cups and saucers; and a pair of stage shoes and a couple of foils hung beneath them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The hoof is split and although it might not get worse soon if shod properly, she could break down if she travels over much hard ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A few days of rest were necessary to recuperate the animals and also to have them shod and put in condition for moving. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark, and as he couched his great forty-foot metal-shod lance we saw his warriors do likewise. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And when they are housed, they will work, in summer, commonly, stripped and barefoot, but in winter substantially clothed and shod. Plato. The Republic.
- Quashy shall lie down in every puddle, that I may walk over dry-shod. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You know my origin; and you know that for a good many years of my life I didn't want a shoeing-horn, in consequence of not having a shoe. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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