shoe

Definitions

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 surname.
3. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
4. A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
5. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The part of a brake for a wheeled vehicle which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
9. 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.
10. A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
11. An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
12. An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
13. An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
14. 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.
15. 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).
16. An ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.
    historical
17. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
18. A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
    broadly, slang
19. A fake passport.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Get⟳ your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.”

“Throw⟳ the shoe from behind the line, and try⟳ to get⟳ it to land⟳ circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.”

“Remember⟳ to turn⟳ the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear⟳ out unevenly.”

“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.”

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