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shoe
1. noun /ʃuː/
a) 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.

Get your shoes on now, or youll be late for school.

b) A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horses foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

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

2. verb /ʃuː/
a) To put shoes on ones feet.

"Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and Id swear to his make among ten thousand."

b) To put horseshoes on a horse.

The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.


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