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For the verb: "to shoe"

Simple Past:	shod
Past Participle:	shod, shoed

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shoe/ʃuː/

▶noun

1 a covering for the foot having a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle.
■ a horseshoe.

2 a drag for a wheel.

3 a socket on a camera for fitting a flash unit.

4 a metal rim or ferrule, especially on the runner of a sledge.

5 a step for a mast.

6 a box from which cards are dealt at baccarat or some other card games.

▶verb (shoes, shoeing; past and past part. shod)

1 fit (a horse) with a shoe or shoes.

2 (be shod) be wearing shoes of a specified kind.

3 protect with a metal shoe.

– phrases
be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes imagine oneself in another's situation or predicament.
dead men's shoes property or a position coveted by a prospective successor but available only on a person's death.
wait for the other shoe to drop N. Amer. informal be prepared for a further event to occur.

– derivatives
shoeless adjective.

– origin OE scōh (n.), scōg(e)an (v.), of Gmc origin.

'shoe' also found in these Oxford entries:

ballet shoe - beetle-crusher - blacking - Blakey - boot - bootee - brake lining - brake shoe - brogan - brogue - calceolaria - click-clack - clodhopper - clog - counter - court shoe - Cuban heel - dap - deck shoe - Derby - down - drag - Dr Martens - espadrille - finnesko - flattie - footbed - footprint - forefoot - gaiter - galosh - gillie - heel - heeltap - high-top - hot shoe - insole - instep - jelly shoe - lace - lacing - last - latchet - lift - loafer - Mary Jane - moccasin - mule - open-toed - outsole

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