"shoe" meaning in English

See shoe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃuː/ Audio: en-us-shoe.ogg [US] Forms: shoe [singular], shoes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Two shoes are two things that someone wears on their feet. Shoes have a hard, flat bottom.
    Sense id: simple-shoe-en-noun-ulUen-Up

Verb

IPA: /ʃuː/ Audio: en-us-shoe.ogg [US] Forms: shod [past, participle], shod [past], shodden [past, participle], shoe [canonical], shoes [third-person, singular], shoed [past], shoed [past, participle], shoeing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|shoe|shoes|shod|shod|shoeing}} [POS TABLE], {{verb2|shoe|shoes|shod|shodden|shoeing}} [POS TABLE], {{verb|shoe|shoes|shoed|shoeing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you shoe, you put shoes on your feet. We usually use this verb as a past participle: We say say someone is shod if they have shoes on their feet.
    Sense id: simple-shoe-en-verb-9zYx0Afo Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you shoe a horse, you put horseshoes on the horse.
    Sense id: simple-shoe-en-verb-dBEI-SZQ
  3. To put protection on something so that it does not get worn down.
    Sense id: simple-shoe-en-verb-He085yZy
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