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Noun: shoe  shoo
  1. 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
     
  2. (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
     
  3. U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
    - horseshoe
     
  4. A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
    - brake shoe, skid
Verb: shoe (shod,shoeing)  shoo
  1. Furnish with shoes

Sounds like: shiver, shivah, shoe, shoo, chou

Derived forms: shod, shoes, shoeing

Type of: apparel, case, clothe, constraint, dress, enclothe, fit out, footgear, footwear, garb, garment, habilitate [archaic], plate, raiment [archaic], restraint, scale, shell, tog [informal]

Part of: drum brake

Encyclopedia: Shoe