noun / verb
shoe
SHOO/ʃuː/
A protective covering fitted around the foot.
This brown leather shoe has laces and a protective sole.
Etymology
Old English scōh already meant a shoe, so the modern sense preserves an inherited name for a foot covering. The same word was later extended to the protective metal covering on a horse’s hoof.
In context
if it's the appropriate shoe for you to wear
More examples
- I leave my wet shoes by the door.
- The horse needs a new shoe on its front hoof.
- The farrier shoes horses every day.
- A rubber shoe protects the bottom of the ladder.
Forms
shoe · shoes · shod · shoed · shoeing
shoeless adjective — Without shoes on one's feet.
shoemaker noun — A person who makes or repairs shoes.