1. A particular situation
   "If you were in my shoes what would you do?";
   - place

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
   "She bought a new pair of running shoes for her marathon training"
    
2. U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
   "The farrier carefully fitted the new shoe to the horse's hoof";
   - horseshoe
    
3. A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
   "The brake shoes were adjusted to ensure proper contact with the drum";
   - brake shoe, skid
    
4. (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
   "The dealer pulled a new deck from the shoe"
    
5. A part that slides or glides along a track or rail
   "The elevator shoes need replacement"

1. Furnish with shoes
   "The farrier shoed the horse"
    
2. To kick or strike with the foot
   "He shoed the ball into the goal"

Sounds like: shoed, s, shoes

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

Part of: drum brake

Encyclopedia: Shoes