shoe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
  2. noun (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
  3. noun U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
    horseshoe.
  4. noun a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
    skid; brake shoe.
  5. verb furnish with shoes
    • the children were well shoed

WordNet

Shoe noun
Etymology
OE. sho, scho, AS. sch, sceóh; akin to OFries. sk, OS. skh, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. skr, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. skhs; of unknown origin.
Wordforms
plural Shoes formerly Shoon now provincial
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. Shak.
    Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. Shak.
  2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) 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. (c) 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. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) 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. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) 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. ✍ Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. brake shoe. the movable portion of a drum brake on a vehicle which is pressed against the rotating drum to slow or stop the vehicle by the friction of the brakeshoe against the drum.
Shoe transitive verb
Etymology
AS. scian, sceian. See Shoe, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Shod; present participle & verbal noun Shoeing
Definitions
  1. To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
  2. To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.
    The sharp and small end of the billiard stick, which is shod with brass or silver. Evelyn.

Webster 1913