Definition of shoe

"shoe" in the noun sense

1. shoe

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. shoe

card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time

3. horseshoe, shoe

U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof

4. brake shoe, shoe, skid

a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

"shoe" in the verb sense

1. shoe

furnish with shoes

"the children were well shoed"

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Quotations for shoe

All feet tread not in one shoe. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Every shoe fits not every foot. [ Proverb ]

One can't shoe a runaway horse. [ Dutch Proverb ]

A sheepskin-shoe lasts not long. [ Proverb ]

One shoe does not fit every foot. [ Italian Proverb ]

He has found a last for his shoe. [ Proverb ]

To-morrow morning I found a horse shoe. [ Proverb ]

The wearer knows where the shoe wrings. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Better cut the shoe than pinch the foot. [ Proverb ]

If your shoe pinch you give it your man. [ Proverb ]

The fairest looking shoe may pinch the foot. [ Proverb ]

He that makes the shoe cannot tan the leather. [ Proverb ]

The wearer only knows where the shoe harts him. [ Proverb ]

You take more care of your shoe than your foot. [ Proverb ]

A mare's shoe and a horse's shoe are both alike. [ Proverb ]

Fit the foot to the shoe, not the shoe to the foot. [ Portuguese Proverb ]

For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him. [ Horace ]

As a shoe, when too large, is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet; so is it with him whose fortune does not suit him. [ Horace ]

The female heart is just like a new india-rubber shoe; you may pull and pull at it till it stretches out a yard long; and then let go, and it will fly right back to its old shape. [ Judge Haliburton ]

A little neglect may breed great mischief. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail. [ Benjamin Franklin ]

shoe in Scrabble®

The word shoe is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters shoe:

HOSE
(33)
HOES
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word shoe

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shoe in Words With Friends™

The word shoe is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters shoe:

HOSE
(36)
HOES
(36)
 

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Word Growth involving shoe

Shorter words in shoe

hoe

Longer words containing shoe

brakeshoe brakeshoes

gumshoe gumshoed

gumshoe gumshoeing

gumshoe gumshoes

horseshoe horseshoed

horseshoe horseshoeing

horseshoe horseshoer horseshoers

horseshoe horseshoes

overshoe overshoes

ploughshoe ploughshoes

plowshoe plowshoes

reshoe reshoed

reshoe reshoeing

reshoe reshoes

sandshoe sandshoes

shoebox shoeboxes

shoed gumshoed

shoed horseshoed

shoed reshoed

shoed snowshoed

shoed unshoed

shoehorn shoehorned

shoehorn shoehorning

shoehorn shoehorns

shoeing gumshoeing

shoeing horseshoeing

shoeing reshoeing

shoeing snowshoeing

shoelace shoelaces

shoeless

shoemaker shoemakers

shoemaking

shoer horseshoer horseshoers

shoer shoers horseshoers

shoer shoers snowshoers

shoer snowshoer snowshoers

shoes brakeshoes

shoes gumshoes

shoes horseshoes

shoes overshoes

shoes ploughshoes

shoes plowshoes

shoes reshoes

shoes sandshoes

shoes shoeshine shoeshiner shoeshiners

shoes shoeshine shoeshines

shoes shoeshining

shoes shoestring shoestrings

shoes snowshoes

shoetree shoetrees

snowshoe snowshoed

snowshoe snowshoeing

snowshoe snowshoer snowshoers

snowshoe snowshoes