Shoe Definitionâ
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€“noun | 1. | an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle. | | 2. | an object or part resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. | | 3. | a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal. | | 4. | a ferrule or the like, as of iron, for protecting the end of a staff, pole, etc. | | 6. | the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire. | | 7. | a drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle. | | 8. | a part having a larger area than the end of an object on which it fits, serving to disperse or apply its weight or thrust. | | 9. | the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail. | | 10. | Civil Engineering. | a. | a member supporting one end of a truss or girder in a bridge. | | b. | a hard and sharp foot of a pile or caisson for piercing underlying soil. | | | 11. | a small molding, as a quarter round, closing the angle between a baseboard and a floor. | | 12. | the outwardly curved portion at the base of a downspout. | | 13. | a piece of iron or stone, sunk into the ground, against which the leaves of a gateway are shut. | | 14. | a device on a camera that permits an accessory, as a flashgun, to be attached. | | 15. | a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh. | | 17. | Furniture. | a. | a cuplike metal piece for protecting the bottom of a leg. | | b. | a fillet beneath an ornamental foot, as a pad or scroll foot. | | | 18. | Printing. a box into which unusable type is thrown. | | 19. | a chute conveying grain to be ground into flour. | | 21. | Nautical. a thickness of planking covering the bottom of the keel of a wooden vessel to protect it against rubbing. | –verb (used with object) | 22. | to provide or fit with a shoe or shoes. | | 23. | to protect or arm at the point, edge, or face with a ferrule, metal plate, or the like. | —Idioms | 24. | drop the other shoe, to complete an action or enterprise already begun. | <
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tr> | 25. | fill someone's shoes, to take the place and assume the obligations of another person: She felt that no stepmother could ever hope to fill her late mother's shoes. | | 26. | in someone's shoes, in a position or situation similar to that of another: I wouldn't like to be in his shoes. | | 27. | the shoe is on the other foot, the circumstances are reversed; a change of places has occurred: Now that we are rich and they are poor the shoe is on the other foot. | | 28. | where the shoe pinches, the true cause of the trouble or worry. | |
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