Shoe Definition–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. |
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| | 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 scro
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ll 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. | | 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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Store Definition–noun | 1. | an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis. | | 2. | a grocery: We need bread and milk from the store. | | 3. | a stall, room, floor, or building housing or suitable for housing a retail business. | | 4. | a supply or stock of something, esp. one for future use. | | 5. | stores, supplies of food, clothing, or other requisites, as for a household, inn, or naval or military forces. | | 6. | Chiefly British. a storehouse or warehouse. | | 7. | quantity, esp. great quantity; abundance, or plenty: a rich store of grain. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to supply or stock with something, as for future use. | | 9. | to accumulate or put away, for future use (usually fol. by up or away<
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/span>). | | 10. | to deposit in a storehouse, warehouse, or other place for keeping. | | 11. | Computers. to put or retain (data) in a memory unit. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to take in or hold supplies, goods, or articles, as for future use. | | 13. | to remain fresh and usable for considerable time on being stored: Flour stores well. | –adjective | 14. | bought from a store; commercial: a loaf of store bread. | —Idioms | 15. | in store, | a. | in readiness or reserve. | | b. | about to happen; imminent: There is a great deal of trouble in store for them if they persist in their ways. | | | 16. | set or lay store by, to have high regard for; value; esteem: She sets great store by good character. | |
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