shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sho͞o
ipa: /ˈʃuː/
ipa: /ˈʃu/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: chou
homophone: shoo
homophone: shew
homophone: SHU
Forms: form: shoes
form: shoon
form: shoen
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”). 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”).
Senses: examples: text: Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.
qualifier: footwear
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.
glosses: A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
examples: text: Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
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.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
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.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
The part of a brake for a wheeled vehicle which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
topics: architecture
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
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.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
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.
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
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).
examples: text: The finest gold among them is 100 touch, called Sycee, i. e. pure gold without alloy: so that if a shoe of gold touch 93, then it hath 93 parts of fine gold and 7 parts alloy.
ref: 1806, Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel, The Asiatic Annual Register, page 56:
glosses: Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
An ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.
synonyms: word: boat money
word: shoe money
glosses: The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
glosses: A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
glosses: A fake passport.
Synonyms: word: shoe
word: kick
Hypernyms: word: artifact
word: apparel
word: clothing
word: footwear
Hyponyms: word: basketball shoe
word: beach sandal
word: Beatle boot
word: boat shoe
word: boot
word: brogue
word: buskin
word: calceus
word: caliga
word: Chelsea boot
word: chukka
word: cleat
word: clodhopper
word: clog
word: espadrille
word: flip flop
word: heels
word: high heel
word: hightop
word: hiking boot
word: loafer
word: moccasin
word: mule
word: mulleus
word: platform shoe
word: pump
word: running shoe
word: sandal
word: slipper
word: sneaker
word: sock
word: solea
word: sports shoe
word: stiletto
word: tennies
word: tennis shoe
word: trainer
word: ugg
word: wingtip
word: winklepicker
word: translator
Coordinate terms: english: shoe-shaped
translation: shoe-shaped
word: calceiform
english: slipper-shaped
translation: slipper-shaped
word: calceolate
word: army boot
word: cowboy boot
word: footwrap
word: galosh
word: hose
word: overshoe
word: patten
word: riding boots
word: snowshoe
word: spaceboot
word: stocking
Meronyms: word: Upper:
word: collar
word: counter
word: quarter
word: toe box
word: toecap
word: tongue
word: upper
word: vamp
word: Sole:
word: heel
word: insole
word: instep
word: lift
word: midsole
word: outsole
word: shank
word: sole
word: top piece
word: tread
word: Joins:
word: feather
word: rand
word: welt
word: Fastenings:
word: aglet
word: buckle
word: eyelet
word: lace
word: shoelace
word: shoestring
word: Velcro
Derived terms: accessory shoe
approach shoe
as ever trod shoe-leather
as ever trod shoe leather
athletic shoe
ballet shoe
barefoot shoe
bar shoe
basketball shoe
black shoe
boat shoe
bowling shoe
brake shoe
brown shoe
bug shoe
casing shoe
character shoe
cleaning shoe
climbing shoe
clown shoe
cold shoe
collector shoe
comfortable as an old shoe
contact shoe
corrective shoe
court shoe
dead men's shoes
deck shoe
donkey shoe
dress shoe
elevator shoe
goloe-shoe
greenshoe
guide shoe
gumshoe
gym shoe
handshoe
high button shoe
horse shoe
horse-shoe vetch
hot shoe
houseshoe
if the shoe fits
jelly shoe
jet shoe
lotus shoe
mis-shoe
mule shoe
Muleshoe
nonshoe
old-shoe
old shoe
orthopedic shoe
overshoe
Oxford shoe
oxshoe
pebble in one's shoe
pile shoe
platform shoe
pointe shoe
pony shoe
put an egg in one's shoe and beat it
put oneself in someone's shoes
put the same shoe on every foot
put the shoe on the other foot
reshoe
roller shoe
rubber shoe
running shoe
saddle shoe
safety shoe
sandshoe
sand shoe
screw shoe
shoebag
shoe beam
shoebeam
shoebill
shoebite
shoeblack
shoe block
shoe bolt
shoe bomber
shoe box
shoebox
shoebrush
shoe brush
shoecare
shoecover
shoecraft
shoe cream
shoefie
shoefiti
shoe flower
shoeful
shoegasm
shoegaze
shoegazer
shoegazing
shoegear
shoe hammer
shoe-horn
shoehorn
shoeicide bomber
shoe-in
shoe insert
shoe-lace
shoelace
shoelacing
shoe-leather
shoe leather
shoeless
shoe lift
shoelike
Shoemaker
shoemaker
shoemaking
shoemender
shoepeg
shoeplay
shoe polish
shoeprint
shoe print
shoer
shoescraper
shoeshine
shoeshiner
shoe shop
shoesies
shoe size
shoesmith
shoesole
shoe spoon
shoe stick
shoe store
shoestore
shoestring
shoe-tie
shoetop
shoe tossing
shoe tree
shoetree
shoe up
shoe verb
shoewear
shoe wedge
shoey
shootie
shooties
shower shoe
slipshoe
Snow Shoe
snowshoe
Snowshoe
soft-shoe
soft shoe
stand in someone's shoes
straw shoe
stripper shoe
suede-shoe operator
suede-shoe salesman
super shoe
tennis shoe
the shoe is on the other foot
toe shoe
track shoe
trackshoe
turnshoe
undershoe
veldt shoe
wait for the other shoe to drop
what foot the shoe is on
where the shoe pinches
which foot the shoe is on
white-shoe
white-shoe firm
whose foot the shoe is on
workshoe
you cannot put the same shoe on every foot
Related terms: footwear
socks