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1.NounA 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."
2.NounA 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."
3.NounA device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
4.NounSomething resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe."Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly."
5.NounA 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.
6.NounA 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.
7.NounThe part of a brake for a wheeled vehicle which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
8.NounA 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.
9.NounA trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
10.NounAn inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
11.NounAn iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
12.NounAn iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
13.NounA 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.
14.NounPart of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).
15.NounAn ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.
16.NounThe outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
17.NounA pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
18.NounA fake passport.
19.VerbTo put shoes on one's own feet."Men and women clothed and shod for the ascent."
20.VerbTo put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse.
21.VerbTo cover an object with a protective layer of material."The billiard cue stick was shod in silver."