shoe

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shoe is part of the Basic English 850.

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shoe is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
shoe

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[change] Pronunciation

[change] Homophones

[change] Noun

Singular
shoe

Plural
shoes

A shoe
  1. Two shoes are two things that someone wears on their feet. Shoes have a hard, flat bottom.


[change] Verb

Plain form
shoe

Third-person singular
shoes

Past tense
shod

Past participle
shod

Present participle
shoeing

  1. To put horseshoes on a horse.

Plain form
shoe

Third-person singular
shoes

Past tense
shoed

Past participle
shoed

Present participle
shoeing

  1. To put protection on an object so that it does not get worn down.