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shoe
  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. (card game) 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.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
    4. (architecture) 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.
    5. A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
    6. An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
    7. An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
    8. An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
    9. (engineering) 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.
    10. Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).
  5. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “You can get away with wedges or a high-heeled strappy sandal because you're not going to see much of the shoe.”
shoestring
  1. (US) The string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
  2. A tight budget; very little money.
  3. A long narrow cut of a food; a julienne.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “After paying off all his bills, John was left with only a shoestring, barely enough to cover his daily expenses.”
      “Not only it is tasty, on a shoestring budget one can gorge on a variety of food.”
      “Using a shoestring, a medicine dropper, and a sponge strip, how long does it take to get 10 ml of water from the graduated cylinder to the cup?”
shoemaker
  1. A person who makes shoes
  2. The threadfish.
  3. A fish, Elagatis pinnulatis, the runner.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Every shoemaker will tell you why their shoes are the best for everybody but of course that's all marketing hype.”
      “For instance, the baker can now exchange his saved bread for a pair of shoes with a shoemaker.”
      “Within a country when a baker imports shoes from a shoemaker he pays with the bread he produced.”
shoebox
  1. The box in which shoes are sold.
  2. (pejorative) A small, cramped residence or similar space.
  3. Examples:
    1. “But even with a good paying job, the only way I'll keep my debts low is by renting a shoebox apartment for the rest of my life.”
      “Not too many interior walls since they converted the upstairs storey from five shoebox rooms and a landing to one big space.”
      “Take a New Yorker who can't deal with taking the granny cart out to the grocery store and walking up five floors to their shoebox apartment.”
shoeshine
  1. The act of polishing shoes.
  2. The shiny finish on shoes that have been polished.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Even the shoeshine boys spoke half a dozen languages, from Greek and Turkish to Ladino.”
      “No one wants an overpriced shoeshine and he must feel he's losing a certain sale because he begins to shine Ames shoes, even though she said no.”
      “The setting is one of abject poverty and misery, yet the upbeat caption tells us that even victims of disaster need a good shoeshine.”
shoeing
  1. The act of fitting an animal with horseshoes.
  2. (slang) A thrashing.
shoeplay
  1. The act of using one's foot to play with a shoe, lifting and dangling it, etc., regarded as erotic by fetishists.
shoesmith
  1. A person who smiths or repairs iron or steel shoes for a living. (Other metals may be used, but this is uncommon.)
  2. Examples:
    1. “Dad said Shoesmith and Thompson had made one error that cost them their lives by letting the gins into the camp, and the blacks speared them all.”
      “Penny Shoesmith, from Eaglescliffe, offered her support after her cat Circlip was nearly blinded when he was shot in the head with an airgun last June.”
shoeblack
  1. One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The shoeblack diligently polished my leather boots, restoring their shine.”
      “He would not mind her marrying a shoeblack if only he could debase his own family.”
      “Near at hand was seated a shoeblack, to whom he went to have his boots repolished.”
shoegasm
  1. (slang) An intense excitement or pleasure caused by looking at, wearing, or buying shoes.
shoepeg
  1. A wooden peg formerly used to attach soles to the upper part of shoes.
shoeshiner
  1. a person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If he were really aware he would remember him for who he really was, the twelve year old grandson of a retired shoeshiner.”
shoeprint
  1. The impression (footprint) left by a shoe
shootie
  1. A kind of shoe with a high ankle resembling that of a boot.
shoetree
  1. A foot-shaped device placed in a shoe to maintain its shape when not being worn.
  2. Examples:
    1. “As a consequencce of the interior wedge, every Bertulli shoe are made with a special shoetree.”
      “Reinforced shoetree fo more comfort and hold.”
      “Yet there was obvious loyalty to the club from Haynes, the son of a shoetree manufacturer from Kentish Town.”
shoelacing
  1. The fastening of a shoe with a lace.
shoelace
  1. A lace used for fastening a shoe.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Most of them need assistance in activities such as taking a shower or tying a shoelace.”
      “Chastity bent down to tie her shoelace, and after succeeding in making it into a perfect bow, she looked up and examined the locker room.”
      “The cheap, no-frills fix is to simply melt the end of the frayed shoelace with the lighter.”
shoeboxful
  1. The amount that can be contained in a shoebox.
shoelessness
  1. Lack of shoes, or the condition of not wearing them.
shoepac
  1. A shoe, especially a warm, waterproofed boot.
shoemender
shoebag
  1. A bag designed to hold shoes.
shoepack
  1. Alternative spelling of shoepac
shoewear
  1. Shoes (as a category of clothing).
shoecare
  1. The care and maintenance of shoes.
shoer
  1. One who fits shoes to the feet.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Did you take him to the shoer the first thing this morning and have his feet examined, as I directed?”
      “Shoeing stocks are available which can be purchased or built and does alleviate some of the stress on the shoer and horse.”
      “Noftsier said he told Granicy that the man was not a horse shoer and asked her why she sold him the chemical.”
shoetop
  1. The upper surface of a shoe.
shoeboxfuls
  1. plural of shoeboxful
shoemenders
shoestrings
  1. plural of shoestring
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form.”
      “Glen plopped down beside us, and idly played with one of my shoestrings as he read through it.”
      “In short, the manager has to find succour from shoestrings, a quality that Scott has demonstrated in the past.”
shoeshiners
  1. plural of shoeshiner
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The new relief fund is intended to help the lower-income victims, like janitors, cafeteria workers and shoeshiners, and their families, as well as uniformed personnel.”
shoeprints
  1. plural of shoeprint
  2. Examples:
    1. “The shoeprints are joined by many, many more until the banner space is entirely filled.”
      “As fingerprints are unique to each individual, so are shoeprints.”
      “In a banner ad, a pair of shoeprints appears inside the rectangle.”
shoesmiths
  1. plural of shoesmith
shoeblacks
  1. plural of shoeblack
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Two seemingly harmless and careless shoeblacks turn out to be gloomy crooks with a dirty plan to rob a bank courier.”
      “One's senses were assaulted by news vendors, shoeblacks, quack doctors and the like and their specimens of cajolery.”
shoemakers
  1. plural of shoemaker
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Although the young town had its own blacksmiths, wheelwrights, shoemakers and ropemakers, it never developed its own business centre.”
      “The hats were the size of a coin, with each little shoe fashioned by famous French shoemakers of the time.”
      “Thus all the carpenters are in one section, the goldsmiths in another, and the shoemakers in yet another.”
shoeshines
  1. plural of shoeshine
shoelaces
  1. plural of shoelace
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I took 30 minutes to put on my shirt and do up the buttons and gave up on the tie and shoelaces.”
      “Wear thick-soled flat footwear, particularly if you'll be standing on one rung for long periods, and make sure your shoelaces are securely tied.”
      “He'd buy shoes without shoelaces so he didn't have to bend down to pick them up.”
shoetrees
  1. plural of shoetree
shoegasms
  1. plural of shoegasm
shoepacks
  1. plural of shoepack
  2. Examples:
    1. “When we were marching from one horror to another, I had shoepacks on because the ground was always wet or frozen.”
      “For warmth and comfort, the pioneers stuffed their moccasins or shoepacks with deer hair or dry leaves.”
      “The shoepacks kept water out, but they also did not allow any air in to permit our sweaty feet to dry.”
shoepacs
  1. plural of shoepac
shoetops
  1. plural of shoetop
shoebags
  1. plural of shoebag
shoeings
  1. plural of shoeing
shoepegs
  1. plural of shoepeg
shooties
  1. plural of shootie
shoeboxes
  1. plural of shoebox
  2. Examples:
    1. “The best way to secure enough shoeboxes is to buy dozens of pairs of shoes.”
      “Geraldine's sixth class pupils were certainly as busy as Santa's little helpers as they toiled packing shoeboxes full of toys and other items.”
      “I have old love letters from old beaux, wrapped up in ribbons, sheltered in shoeboxes.”
shoers
  1. plural of shoer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In some states, statutes specifically give farriers, horse shoers, or blacksmiths liens on horses they have shod.”
shoes
  1. plural of shoe
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Customarily, I removed my shoes before entering a client's home, but several times I went to a house and the floor was such mess that I did not want to do so.”
      “I can only imagine what I would do if I were in his shoes.”
shoon
  1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of shoe
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Laith will the lassie be to weet her bonny shoon, but lang ere the play'll be ower she'll wat her hat aboon.”
      “Romanised in mien, he wants but the flowing toga and sandalled shoon to shine as a centurion.”
      “By thy garb and shoon I know thee not, But I know the knight who thy troth has got.”
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