Definition of (shoe) in English English dictionary
- boat shoe
- A type of casual footwear resembling a loafer, originally designed to be worn aboard a boat, characterized by water-resistant hide, soles designed to improve hold on wet deck of the boat and side lacing
- brake shoe
- An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached
- casing shoe
- In drilling, a bull-nose shaped device, known as a guide shoe or casing shoe, is attached to the bottom of the casing string and a casing hanger, which allows the casing to be suspended from the wellhead, is attached to the top of the casing
- cleaning shoe
- A brake shoe used to clean a wheel
- cleaning shoe
- The part of a harvester or combine which both sieves out large impurities such as rocks and blows out light impurities such as chaff
- clown shoe
- A comedically oversized shoe, usually in a bright color or colors and with a bulbous front
- court shoe
- A shoe with no fastening and a low-cut front, formerly worn by men in formal situations but now usually with reference to women's footwear
- deck shoe
- A boat shoe
- elevator shoe
- Alternate name for shoe lift
- high-heeled shoe
- Shoe which raise the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes
- hot shoe
- The point on a camera at which a flash unit is attached
- if the shoe fits
- If it has all of the characteristics of a thing, it probably is that thing
Everyone keeps calling me a bully! Well, if the shoe fits....
- jelly shoe
- A kind of PVC shoe popular in the 1980s
I put on a striped hooded sweatshirt I got from the five-dollar bin at the Esprit outlet, and my jelly shoes. — Rebecca Walker, Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self (2001).
- orthopedic shoe
- A shoe designed to correct a specific deformity of the foot
- platform shoe
- A type of footwear with very thick soles and heels to make the wearer appear much taller than they actually are
- running shoe
- One of a pair of running shoes
- running-shoe
- Attributive form of running shoe, noun
- saddle shoe
- A shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle of a leather or color different from the rest of the shoe
- screw shoe
- A regular shoe with screws (1/4 to 3/8 inch) screwed into the bottom of a shoes to give it grip while running on ice and snow
- shoe
- A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's 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.
- shoe
- To put horseshoes on a horse
Old Jimmy Harris only shoed her last week, and I'd swear to his make among ten thousand..
- shoe
- To put shoes on one's feet
- shoe
- 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 you'll be late for school.
- shoe
- To equip an object with a protection against wear
The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.
- shoe
- Something resembling a shoe by function, like a brake shoe
Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.
- shoe bomber
- Someone who attempts to smuggle a bomb in their shoe, especially onto an airplane
- shoe insert
- Any device inserted into a shoe to lift the heel of the wearer, for the purpose of making the wearer appear taller, or correcting a limb length discrepancy
- shoe inserts
- plural form of shoe insert
- shoe lift
- Wedge-shaped shoe inserts that affix inside any footwear to make the user look taller
- shoe lifts
- plural form of shoe lift
- shoe polish
- A product used to make shoes shine
- shoe polishes
- plural form of shoe polish
- shoe shop
- A shop that sells footwear and items related to footwear
- shoe shops
- plural form of shoe shop
- shoe tossing
- The practice of throwing a pair of laced shoes over a power line or telephone line etc
- shoe tree
- A device approximating the shape of a foot that is placed inside a shoe when it is being stored to preserve its shape and extend the life of the shoe
- shoe wedge
- Wedge shaped shoe inserts that affix inside any footwear to make the user look taller
- shoe wedges
- plural form of shoe wedge
- shoe-polish
- Attributive form of shoe polish, noun
The oatmeal had a shoe-polish consistency.
- soft shoe
- Casual, low-key, easy-going
Occasionally criticized for his soft-shoe approach (e.g., he urged the President to avoid a public squabble with Joe McCarthy), Persons nonetheless won many a legislator over to the Administration side.
- soft shoe
- Of or pertaining to this kind of dancing
- soft shoe
- A speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone
Is the salesman's soft-shoe appropriate in a time of national mourning?.
- soft shoe
- To perform a dance of this kind
- soft shoe
- A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville
Between Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Newley there's a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck, the wing, and the buck and wing, and on to the old soft shoe and more.
- soft-shoe
- Alternative spelling of soft shoe
- straw shoe
- A professional false witness hired by an unscrupulous attorney. Such a man would frequent the vicinity of a courthouse and show his intention and availability by a straw sticking from one of his shoes
- tennis shoe
- A sneaker (trainer)
- the shoe is on the other foot
- The roles of people in a situation have been reversed, such that the advantage has shifted to a party which was previously disadvantaged
Some of the birds on this ship took me for a sucker and tried to make a rummy out of me but I was wise to their game and I guess the shoe is on the other foot this time.
- toe shoe
- A ballet shoe worn for pointework
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one which is not desirable
After the tournament, Player admitted that all through the final round he had been nervously waiting for more trouble. It was like waiting for the other shoe to drop..
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved
- white-shoe
- Effeminate or immature
- white-shoe
- A stereotypical Ivy League student
- white-shoe
- Establishment; pertaining to mainstream US social power-structures
Dulles had been a junior diplomat after World War I and a white-shoe Wall Street lawyer in the Depression.
- shoe
- {v} to fit or cover with shoes
- shoe
- {n} an outward covering for the foot or for the runner of a sled or other utensil, or engine
- if the shoe fits wear it
- (deyim) (SAYING) said to tell someone that if they are guilty of bad behaviour, they should accept criticism
- Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
- a character in a nursery rhyme (=old song or poem for children) , which starts: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,/Who had so many children she didn't know what to do /
- accessory shoe
- A fitting on top of the camera that incorporates one or more electrical contacts for linking the camera to the flash The most basic accessory shoe has one contact, which synchronizes the firing of the flash with the firing of the shutter On more advanced cameras there may be as many as five contacts, which pass information, such as exposure readings, between the camera and dedicated flash units The term hot shoe is sometimes used as an alternative to accessory shoe
- accessory shoe
- A fitting generally located on top of a camera to which accessories (such as a flash unit) are attached
- accessory shoe
- Is a metal or plastic fitting on the top of the camera which support accessories such as viewfinder, rangefinder, or flash gun The term " hot shoe " is sometimes uses as an alternative to accessory shoe
- baby shoe
- a shoe designed to be worn by infants
- boat shoe
- n. A moccasinlike canvas or leather shoe having a rubber sole designed to provide traction on wet surfaces
- bowling shoe
- a special shoe worn when bowling
- brake shoe
- The arc-shaped carrier to which the friction lining are mounted and which force the lining against the rotating drum during braking
- brake shoe
- holds the brake pad
- brake shoe
- A curved piece of aluminum with a lining used to prevent the Micrometer Stop from moving during operation
- brake shoe
- A curved metal block that presses against and arrests the rotation of a wheel or brake drum. one of the two curved parts that press against the wheel of a vehicle in order to make it go more slowly or stop
- brake shoe
- Correctly, the shoe is the metal component (rim and web assembly) used to push the friction material against the drum in a drum brake system, but the term is now used to refer to the whole shoe and lining assembly
- brake shoe
- device that rubs against a wheel to slow or stop a moving vehicle
- brake shoe
- The arc-shaped carrier to which the brake linings are mounted in a drum brake They also force the lining against the rotating drum during braking
- brake shoe
- a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
- brake shoe
- moving member(s) of a brake, lined with friction material which, when in contact with the brake drum, holds the elevator at floor level On some types of control, it will stop the elevator when power is removed from the hoist motor
- court shoe
- pump, low cut shoe
- court shoe
- Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design. a type of plain formal shoe worn by women American Equivalent: pump
- deck shoe
- Deck shoes are flat casual shoes made of canvas or leather. a flat shoe made of canvas (=heavy cloth)
- gym shoe
- a light shoe with a cloth top and a flat rubber bottom that children wear for games and sport at school British Equivalent: plimsoll
- gym shoe
- a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
- odd shoe
- single shoe without its mate
- put the shoe on the right foot
- accuse the correct person, place blame on the person who committed the act
- running shoe
- a light comfortable shoe designed for running
- saddle shoe
- A flat casual shoe, usually white, having a band of leather in a contrasting color across the instep. a shoe that has a toe and heel of one colour, with a different colour in the middle
- saddle shoe
- an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color
- scrape shoe
- sycophant, one who flatters, obsequious person
- shoe
- A shoe is the same as a horseshoe
- shoe
- furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed"
- shoe
- An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile
- shoe
- {f} equip with shoes; put on shoes; fit a horse with horseshoes
- shoe
- The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp
- shoe
- An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter
- shoe
- Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use
- shoe
- an outer covering for the human foot typically having a thick or stiff sole with an attached heel and an upper part of lighter material, as leather
- shoe
- An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill
- shoe
- A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury
- shoe
- If you fill someone's shoes or step into their shoes, you take their place by doing the job they were doing. No one has been able to fill his shoes
- shoe
- adj curling up at the ends; gone wrong; defective; completely WRONG!!!
- shoe
- 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
- shoe
- The plastic "shoe" holds the mixed decks of cards delt by the dealer
- shoe
- a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
- shoe
- To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip
- shoe
- for an automobile
- shoe
- The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion
- shoe
- A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top
- shoe
- The steel tip at the end of a climbing (Jigger) board
- shoe
- 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
- shoe
- If you talk about being in someone's shoes, you talk about what you would do or how you would feel if you were in their situation. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes. shod shoeing to put a horseshoe on a horse. Outer covering for the foot, usually of leather, with a stiff or thick sole and heel, and generally reaching no higher than the ankle (unlike a boot). Early examples from Mesopotamia were moccasinlike wraparounds of leather; not until the Hellenistic Age did shoes become luxurious. The Romans developed shoes fitted for the left and right feet, and differentiated according to sex and rank. In the 14th-15th century, shoes became extremely long and pointed, the points attaining a length of 18 in. (45 cm) or more. In the 16th century, the toes became extremely broad, like a duck's bill. In the 17th century, shoes had moderately high heels and were often decorated with large rosettes of lace and ribbons, which gave way to gold or silver buckles in the 18th century. The first shoe factory opened in 1760, in Massachusetts, but not until the development of modern machinery in the 19th century were shoes made quickly and inexpensively
- shoe
- The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone
- shoe
- A projecting piece rising from the back rail of a chair seat into which the base of the splat is fixed
- shoe
- 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 (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed
- shoe
- It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg
- shoe
- A metal cup terminal for a wooden leg, sometimes part of a caster
- shoe
- 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
- shoe
- A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horses foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe
- shoe
- To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor
- shoe
- 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
- 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
- shoe
- U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
- shoe
- The Driver He is the one who presses his shoe to the gas pedal and makes the car go
- shoe
- When a blacksmith shoes a horse, they fix horseshoes onto its feet. Blacksmiths spent most of their time repairing tools and shoeing horses see also shod
- shoe
- Shoes are objects which you wear on your feet. They cover most of your foot and you wear them over socks or stockings. a pair of shoes You don't mind if I take my shoes off, do you? see also snowshoe, training shoe
- shoe
- a pedestal-shaped member beneath the superstructure bearing that transmits and distributes loads to the substructure bearing area
- shoe
- {i} protective covering for the foot; horseshoe; brake shoe, part of the brake system that presses on the brake drum to slow a vehicle
- shoe
- (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
- shoe boil
- A growth over the elbow of a horse, caused by repeated bruising by the hoof or the rough floor when lying down and leading to lameness
- shoe bomb
- a explosive device concealed inside the heel and sole of a shoe
- shoe box
- {i} cardboard box used to store a pair of shoes
- shoe brush
- brush used for polishing shoes
- shoe industry
- an industry that manufactures and sells shoes
- shoe lace
- a lace used for fastening shoes
- shoe leather
- leather used to make shoes
- shoe mine
- mine used against individuals which explodes when stepped on
- shoe polish
- a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear
- shoe polish
- soft material that is used to shine and polish shoes
- shoe prints
- foot prints, trail left by walking in shoes
- shoe shop
- a shop where shoes are sold
- shoe store
- store which sells shoes
- shoe tree
- foot-shaped form of wood and metal that is placed in a shoe to help retain its shape when not being worn
- shoe-lace
- thin and narrow strap that is used to tie one's shoes
- shoe-manufacturing concern
- factory that produces shoes
- shoe-shining
- shoe-polishing, shoe-brushing
- shoe-string
- short string used for tying shoes
- soft-shoe
- tap dancing wearing soft-soled shoes
- tap shoe
- shoe with a very hard sole or a sole fitted with metal plates (for use in tap dancing)
- tennis shoe
- type of shoe used while playing tennis
- tennis shoe
- a light shoe used for playing sports, with a rubber surface on the bottom
- the shoe is on the other foot
- the situation has reversed itself, the order of events has been changed
- tire shoe
- boot on a car that prevents the car from driving
- toe of the shoe
- front end of a shoe, part of a shoe that covers the toes
- toe shoe
- A ballet slipper with a hardened, reinforced toe that enables a dancer to perform or dance on the toes. Also called pointe shoe
- training shoe
- Training shoes are the same as trainers
- waiting for the other shoe to drop
- say the next obvious thing
- walking shoe
- a light comfortable shoe designed for vigorous walking
- white-shoe
- denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative; "the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background