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Definition: Shoe |
ShoeNoun1. 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. Nailed to underside of horse's hoof. 4. Restraint provided when the linings of the brake shoes are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to stop its rotation. Verb1. Furnish with shoes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shoe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Bible | Shoe Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, _min'al_, "a bar," is derived from a root meaning "to bolt" or "shut fast," and hence a fastness or fortress. The verse has accordingly been rendered "iron and brass shall be thy fortress," or, as in the Revised Version, "thy bars [marg., "shoes"] shall be iron and brass." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | SHOE, Old Woman of the, one of those anti-race-suicide mothers whose family caused considerable worry. Ambition: A better job for her husband. Address: Shoe. Clubs: She did not have time for any, and thus could not be a suffragette. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Building & Civil Engineering | A high-grade cast-iron point on the foot of a wood or concrete driven pile to help it penetrate the soil. Its sides slope at about 1 horizontal in 6 vertical. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The short, bent portion of a downpipe, which directs water away from the wall. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | The part of the shoegear making contact with the contact rail. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Flat steel plate welded to bottom of otterboard or trawl head of a beam trawl. Source: European Union. (references) |
| On a tractor, a stout metal arm at the rear of the chassis, which can be swung down into the ground to act as a strut to steady the tractor when winching. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A piece of equipment used in place of a block to suspend a skyline and consisting of a steel casing that encloses a wooden or steel guide trough plus shackles and straps. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Shoe (See Chopine .) Shoe. It was at one time thought unlucky to put on the left shoe before the right, or to put either shoe on the wrong foot. It is said that Augustus Caesar was nearly assassinated by a mutiny one day when he put on his left shoe first. "Augnste, cet empereur qui gouverna avec tant de sagesse, et dont le règne fut si florissant, restoit immobile et consterné lorsqu'il lui arrivoit par megarde de mettre le soulier droit au pied gauche et le soulier gauche au pied droit."- St. Foix. A shoe too large trips one up. A Latin proverb, "Calceus major subvertit." An empire too large falls to pieces; a business too large comes to grief; an ambition too large fails altogether. Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place whereon thou standest is holy (Josh. v. 15). Loosing the shoe is a mark of respect in the East, among Moslems and Hindus, to the present hour. The Mussulman leaves his slippers at the door of the mosque. The Mahometan moonshee comes barefooted into the presence of his superiors. The governor of a town, in making a visit of ceremony to a European visitor, leaves his slippers at the tent entrance, as a mark of respect. There are two reasons for this custom: (1) It is a mark of humility, the shoe being a sign of dignity, and the shoeless foot a mark of servitude. (2) Leather, being held to be an unclean thing, would contaminate the sacred floor and offend the insulted idol. (See Sandal.) Plucking off the shoe among the Jews, smoking a pipe together among the Indians, breaking a straw together among the Teutons, and shaking hands among the English, are all ceremonies to confirm a bargain, now done by "earnest money." Put on the right shoe first. One of the auditions of Pythagoras was this: "When stretching forth your feet to have your sandals put on, first extend your right foot, but when about to step into a bath, let your left foot enter first." Iamblichus says the hidden meaning is that worthy actions should be done heartily, but base ones should be avoided. (Protreptics, symbol xii.). Throwing the wedding-shoe. It has long been a custom in England, Scotland, and elsewhere, to throw an old shoe, or several shoes, at the bride and bridegroom when they quit the bride's home, after the wedding breakfast, or when they go to church to get married. Some think this represents an assault and refers to the ancient notion that the bridegroom carried off the bride with force and violence. Others look upon it as a relic of the ancient law of exchange, implying that the parents of the bride give up henceforth all right of dominion to their daughter. This was a Jewish custom. Thus, in Deut. xxv. 5-10 we read that the widow refused by the surviving brother, asserted her independence by "loosing his shoe;" and in the story of Ruth we are told "that it was the custom" in exchange to deliver a shoe in token of renunciation. When Boaz, therefore, became possessed of his lot, the kinsman's kinsman indicated his assent by giving Boaz his shoe. When the Emperor Wladimir proposed marriage to the daughter of Reginald, she rejected him, saying, "I will not take off my shoe to the son of a slave." Luther being at a wedding, told the bridegroom that he had placed the husband's shoe on the head of the bed, "afin qu'il prit ainsi la domination et le gouvernement." (Michel : Life of Luther.) In Anglo-Saxon marriages the father delivered the bride's shoe to the bridegroom, who touched her with it on the head to show his authority. In Turkey the bridegroom, after marriage, is chased by the guests, who either administer blows by way of adieux, or pelt him with slippers. (Thirty Years in the Harem, p. 330.) Another man's shoes. "To stand in another man's shoes." To occupy the place or lay claim to the honours of another. Among the ancient Northmen, when a man adopted a son, the person adopted put on the shoes of the adopter. (Braylet : Graphic Illustrator; 1834.) In the tale of Reynard the Fox (fourteenth century), Master Reynard, having turned the tables on Sir Bruin the Bear, asked the queen to let him have the shoes of the disgraced minister; so Bruin's shoes were torn off and put upon Reynard, the new favourite. Another pair of shoes. Another matter. "But how a world that notes his [the Prince of Wales's] daily doings- the everlasting round of weary fashion, the health-returnings, speeches, interviewing- can grudge him some relief, without compunction, them's quite another pair of shoes."- Punch, 17th June, 1891. Dead men's shoes. Waiting or looking for dead men's shoes. Counting on some advantage to which you will succeed when the present possessor is dead. "A man without sandals" was a proverbial expression among the Jews for a prodigal, from the custom of giving one's sandals in confirmation of a bargain. (See Deut. xxv. 9, Ruth iv. 7.) Over shoes, over boots. In for a penny, in for a pound. "Where true courage roots, The proverb says, `once over shoes, o'er boots.' " Taylor's Workes, ii. 145 (1690). To die in one's shoes. To die on the scaffold. "And there's Mr. Fuse, and Lieutenant Tregooze, And there is Sir Carnaby Jenks, of the Blues, All come to see a man die in his shoes." Barham. To shake in one's shoes. To be in a state of nervous terror. To step into another man's shoes. To take the office or position previously held by another. " `That will do, sir,' he thundered, `that will do. It is very evident now what would happen if you stepped into my shoes."- Good Words, 1887. Waiting for my shoes. Hoping for my death. Amongst the ancient Jews the transfer of an inheritance was made by the new party pulling off the shoe of the possessor. (See Ruth iv. 7.) Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear (Matt. iii. 11). This means, "I am not worthy to be his humblest slave." It was the business of a slave recently purchased to loose and carry his master's sandals. (Jahn: Archceologica Biblica.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Meteorology & Standards | Flat guiding member of a pick-up. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A trough to convey ore to a crusher. b. A metal block used in a variety of bending operations to form or support the part being processed c. A coupling of rolled, cast, or forged steel to protect the lower end of the casting or drivepipe in overburden, or the bottom end of a sampler when pressed into a formation being sampled d. A wearing piece in various types of machines used to break rock, such as a column of drill pipes; bottom of crushing stamp; muller of amalgamating pan e. The lower replaceable part of a gravity stamp which falls on themineral ore or rock. (references) |
Transportation | In a track, one of the ground-contact(i. e. bearing)plates, generally bolted to the track chain. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Footwear
A shoe is a piece of footwear for humans, less than a boot and more than a slipper. This footwear is shaped to fit the foot (or the area below the ankle) with a flexible upper part of leather (or plastic) usually and a sole and heel of heavier material. Shoes differ from boots by not extending past the ankle. A moccasin is a specialized soft leather shoe worn by the Native Americans.
See also: footwear
Engineering
In mechanical engineering, a shoe (or brake shoe) is the restraint provided to the linings of the brake moving hydraulically against the brake drum to stop its rotation. This type of shoe is commonly referred to as brake lining. It is also be plate between moving parts (and / or stationary parts) on to take the friction and allow means of adjustment. It is also be an outer cover treading of a pneumatic tire.
Horses
A horseshoe is nailed to underside of horse's hoof and serves a similar function as footwear for horses, and is installed by a farrier. This plate (or rim) is placed so as to prevent injury to the animal.
Comics
Shoe is the title of a comic strip by Jeff MacNelly. [1]
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Shoe."
Synonyms: ShoeSynonyms: brake shoe (n), horseshoe (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Phrase: rem acu tetigisti; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit; discers concordia. |
Clothing | Shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche, galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot; Balmoral; arctics, bootee, bootikin, brogan, chaparajos; chavar, chivarras, chivarros; gums, larrigan, rubbers, showshoe, stogy, veldtschoen, legging, buskin, greave, galligaskin, gamache, gamashes, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash, brogue, antigropelos; stocking, hose, gaskins, trunk hose, sock; hosiery. |
Difficulty | Crux, pons asinorum, where the shoe pinches. |
Hindrance | Encumbrance, incumbrance; clog, skid, shoe, spoke; drag, drag chain, drag weight; stay, stop; preventive, prophylactic; load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta; dead weight; lumber, pack; nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea; remora. |
Inexpedience | Adverb: badly; Adjective:; wrong, ill; to one's cost; where the shoe pinches. |
Mart | Tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer. |
Opposition | In spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth. |
Pain | Source of irritation, source of annoyance; wound, open sore; sore subject, skeleton in the closet; thorn in the flesh, thorn in one's side; where the shoe pinches, gall and wormwood. |
Sensibility | Sore point, sore place; where the shoe pinches. |
Smoothness | Roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish. |
Support | Supporter; aid; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger; ratlings. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Shoe |
| English words defined with "shoe": baby shoe, bowling shoe ♦ congress shoe ♦ gym shoe ♦ running shoe ♦ tennis shoe, To cast a shoe ♦ Wagon shoe, walking shoe, wooden shoe, work shoe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "shoe": cage shoe, CASER, SHOE PARTS, contact shoe ♦ dull shoe repairer ♦ Golden Shoe ♦ hand shoe cutter ♦ LABORER, BOOT AND SHOE ♦ mill shoe, MOLDER, SHOE PARTS ♦ Over Edom will I cast my Shoe, oxford shoe ♦ REPAIRER, SHOE STICKS ♦ screw shoe, set casing shoe, Shoe a Goose, SHOE CLEANER, SHOE COVERER, shoe cutter, shoe dresser, SHOE DYER, Shoe Pinches, shoe repairer, shoe singer, Shoe the Anchor, Shoe the Cobbler, Shoe the Horse, Shoe the Wild Colt, shoe tinter, SHOE TURNER ♦ Wooden Shoe. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "shoe": solleret. (references) |
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Screenplays | That's one dead shoe, eh, boss (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price) In a good shoe, I wear a size six, but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight (Steel Magnolias; writing credit: Robert Harling) A casual shoe for yachting (PCU; writing credit: Adam Leff; Zak Penn) Then give me my damn shoe! (The Longest Yard; writing credit: Albert S. Ruddy; Tracy Keenan Wynn) Oh, you need to buy something but they don't sell it at a shoe store (Grosse Pointe; writing credit: Amy Engelberg; Wendy Engelberg) | |
Lyrics | Don't want an old horse shoe (Good Luck Charm; performing artist: Elvis Presley) With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe (Rhinestone Cowboy; performing artist: Glen Campbell; writing credit: Larry Weiss) He got a razor in his shoe (Bad, Bad Leroy Brown; performing artist: Jim Croce) The old soft shoe. (Mr. Bojangles; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) I wanna shoe the children (Fly Like an Eagle; performing artist: Seal) | |
Clever | I worked in a shoe factory; I tried, but I just didn't fit in. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Good Goodie Twoshoes took two shoes to the Goody Showshine shoe shop. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Shoe Must Go On! (1973) Horse Shoe Fly (1966) No Biz Like Shoe Biz (1960) The Shoe Must Go On (1960) Shoe Shine Jasper (1947) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A new shoe Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Tulip fields at the Wooden Shoe Bulb Company outside of Woodburn, Oregon. Credit: Sara Wilson. |
 | Rogue River - Horse Shoe Bend, aerial photo. Credit: Tom Dew. |  | Physical Therapy Department, Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pennsylvania : Iron shoe as heavy resistive quadriceps exercise. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Conducting amphibious operations, circa 1943-44. Note the retractable paravane shoe in front of her bow bulkhead. This ship had a U.S. Coast Guard crew. Credit: NAVY. |  | S.J. Gilpin shoe store, Richmond, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Woman praying to shoe and letter A. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | In the toe of that old shoe. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Shoe rationing has hit us, gentlemen ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Horse shoe pitching contests week. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Shoe" by Julian Sutter Commentary: "Just a random shot of my friends shoes,... i like it though." | "Shoe Tree 1" by Marcus Piskura Commentary: "Shot at a disk golf course in Huntington Beach CA." |
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon | A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. |
Horace | A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them. |
John Bunyan | I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also. |
John Heywood | Now for good luck, cast an old shoe after me. |
Publilius Syrus | You cannot put the same shoe on every foot. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else. |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | And it looked at the mark in the Shoe. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He looked, and recognised a shoe, a horrid wooden shoe of the clumsiest sort, half broken and covered with ashes and dried mud. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He leaned down and untied the laces, slipped off first one shoe and then the other |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They stood and looked in my eye or pecked at my shoe significantly |
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Health | Persons involved in the clean-up should wear coveralls (disposable, if possible), rubber boots or disposable shoe covers, rubber or plastic gloves, protective goggles, and an appropriate respiratory protection device, such as a half-mask air-purifying (or negative-pressure) respirator with a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter or a powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) with HEPA filters. (references) | |
Business | China alone accounts for 19.5% (USD 40.8 million) of the Polish shoe market. (references) | |
Shoes with leather upper on leather or other soles dominated Polish shoe exports. (references) | ||
Footwear imports into Poland for 1999 amounted to USD 215 million, a 5% decrease from 1998. China and other developing countries were the major shoe suppliers (over 54% of Polish footwear imports). (references) | ||
Economic History | Mexico | The city of Leon has been Mexico's shoe capital for over 300 years. (references) |
Mexico | Of the 1,000 shoe producers in the state of Jalisco, only 325 participate actively in the footwear industry chamber. (references) | |
Switzerland | Another observed trend is towards complete outfit packages, which offer optimum compliance between ski/snowboard, binding and shoe. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | On July 25, Parthapratim Roy Burman, the owner of one of Calcutta's leading shoe manufacturers, was kidnaped from a busy locality in the middle of the day. (references) |
Political Economy | BRAZIL | Common activities include fishing, street peddling, shoe shining, raising livestock, and harvesting sugarcane, manioc, tobacco, cotton, coffee, citrus fruits, and a variety of other crops. (references) |
Trade | Albania | Albania has important shoe and clothing assembly industries. (references) |
Worker Rights | Eritrea | The largest union within the NCEW is the Textile, Leather, and Shoe Federation. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | Some employment of children also reportedly occurs in small manufacturing enterprises, such as shoe and textile factories. (references) | |
Brazil | The program focused on removing children from work activities considered to be among the most hazardous by the Government, such as charcoal production, sugar cane harvesting, horticulture, brickmaking, mining, trash picking, shoe shining, and street peddling. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dennis Miller | I think they should be sentenced to community service sorting the shoe bin at Goodwill in a low-income neighborhood to get a sense of how real people have to get by. |
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| "Shoe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.74% of the time. "Shoe" is used about 1,103 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.74% | 1,067 | 7,034 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.08% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.72% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.27% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,103 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "shoe" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Shoe | Last name | 1,000 | 17,141 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Brown Shoe Company Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "shoe": baby shoe ♦ back part of shoe ♦ Bar shoe ♦ bast shoe ♦ blocked shoe ♦ bowling shoe ♦ brake shoe ♦ cast a shoe ♦ cloth shoe ♦ comfortable shoe ♦ congress shoe ♦ corn caused by a tight shoe ♦ elevator shoe ♦ felt shoe ♦ gym shoe ♦ horse shoe ♦ Horse Shoe Run ♦ indoor shoe ♦ jodhpur shoe ♦ last of a shoe ♦ light shoe ♦ man's shoe ♦ oxford shoe ♦ patent shoe ♦ pile shoe ♦ platform shoe ♦ put the shoe on the right foot ♦ rubber shoe ♦ running shoe ♦ rustic shoe ♦ saddle shoe ♦ screw shoe ♦ shoe black ♦ shoe blacker ♦ shoe block ♦ shoe bolt ♦ shoe brake ♦ shoe brush ♦ shoe cream ♦ shoe factory ♦ shoe horn ♦ shoe industry ♦ shoe lace ♦ shoe leather ♦ shoe lining ♦ shoe manufacture ♦ shoe mender ♦ shoe of a keel ♦ shoe of an anchor ♦ shoe one's paces ♦ shoe pac ♦ shoe pad ♦ shoe plant ♦ shoe polish ♦ shoe polisher ♦ shoe rack ♦ shoe repairer ♦ shoe repairing ♦ shoe repairs ♦ shoe scraper ♦ shoe seller ♦ shoe shine ♦ shoe shop ♦ shoe size ♦ shoe stone ♦ shoe store ♦ shoe string ♦ shoe tree ♦ Snow Shoe ♦ sole of a shoe ♦ stiletto shoe ♦ tennis shoe ♦ To cast a shoe ♦ track shoe ♦ Venus's shoe ♦ wagon shoe ♦ walking shoe ♦ where the shoe pinches ♦ wooden shoe ♦ work shoe. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "shoe": shoe-adviser, shoe-bag, shoe-binder, shoe-binding, shoe-box, shoe-boxes, shoe-box-shaped, shoe-buckle, shoe-buckles, shoe-buying, shoe-care, shoe-clad, shoe-cleaning, shoe-eating, shoe-gazer, shoe-gazers, shoe-gazing, shoe-gazing-infatuated, shoe-gazy, shoe-horn, shoe-horned, shoe-horning, shoe-horns, shoe-hunting, shoe-in, shoe-lace, shoe-laces, shoe-leather, shoe-less, shoe-maker, shoe-makers, shoe-making, shoe-manufacturer, shoe-mender, shoe-nail, shoe-parcel, shoe-parlor, shoe-polish, shoe-polishes, shoe-repair, shoe-shape, shoe-shapes, shoe-shine boy, shoe-shined, shoe-shiners, shoe-shining, shoe-shop, shoe-shops, shoe-soles, shoe-sponge, shoe-step, shoe-string, shoe-string majority, shoe-thread, shoe-tie, shoe-tree, shoe-trees, shoe-using, shoe-vamper. | |
Ending with "shoe": Goloe-shoe, gum-shoe, gym-shoe, horse-shoe, mustard-to-shoe, non-shoe, one-shoe, running-shoe, saddle-shoe, sand-shoe, soft-shoe, sports-shoe, tennis-shoe, two-shoe. | |
Containing "shoe": golden-shoe-stepped, horse-shoe bend, horse-shoe magnet, soft-shoe dancing, soft-shoe shuffle, suede-shoe-loving. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dsw shoe.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "shoe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skoen. (various references) | |
Albanian | këpucë (footgear, footwear, overshoe). (various references) | |
Arabic | نعل المكبح, نعل (insole, shoehorn, sock, sole, tread), حذوة, حذاء (boot, footgear, footwear), حدوة الفرس, حدد (adjust, allocate, appoint, assess, assign, be specified, calibrate, center, centre, condition, constrict, define, determine, fix, itemize, limit, line, locate, mark, name, narrow, pin, pinpoint, prefix, prescribe, qualify, set, type), صفح بالحديد, إنتعل. (various references) | |
Basque | zapata, bota (throw away to). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | atsikín. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | снабдявам с обувки, сменяема наставка, слагам железен шип на, челюст (chap, chop, jaw, jowl, slipper), обувка (loafer), обувам (pull on, put on, put on shoes, roll on, step in), звено на гъсенична верига (track, tread), за обувки, железен шип (tip), железен плаз, подковавам (brief, horseshoe, nail, prepare), подкова (horseshoe), петало. (various references) | |
Chinese | 鞋子 (shoes), 鞋 , 舄 (slipper), 履 (to tread on). (various references) | |
Cornish | eskys. (various references) | |
Czech | střevíc, zarážka (stop), podkovat, podkova (horseshoe), obout (put on), bota (boob, boot, gaffe, goof, mistake). (various references) | |
Danish | sko (bushing, keel, low shoe, shoe plate, sole plate). (various references) | |
Dutch | schoen (bushing). (various references) | |
Esperanto | hufoferi, hufferi, ferumi, ŝuo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | skógvur. (various references) | |
Farsi | نعل زدن به , نعل اسب (Horseshoe), کفش پوشیدن , کفش , دارای کفش کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kenkä (boot). (various references) | |
French | soulier, chaussure, sabot (pile shoe, shoe coulter, shoe furrow opener). (various references) | |
Frisian | skoech. (various references) | |
German | Schuh (bushing), Hufeisen (horse shoe, horseshoe, horseshoes), gleitschuh (harrow skid, runner, slipper). (various references) | |
Greek | πέδιλο (sandal), πεταλώνω (horseshoe), παπούτσι (boot), υπόδημα (boot, buskin). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | këpucë. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לפרזל (fix fittings), להנעיל, פרסה (foot, hoof, horseshoe), סאון (sandal), נעל (last, sandal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | patkó (horseshoe), kábelsaru (clip, tag), félcipõ, félcipő, fékpofa (brake shoe, scotch, toe), cipõt húz (boot, put on shoes), cipõ (foot-gear, footwear), cipő (foot-gear, footwear), cipô. (various references) | |
Indonesian | sepatu. (various references) | |
Irish | bróg. (various references) | |
Italian | scarpa (batter, deadwood, rising wood, skeg, slope, sole plate, talus, track shoe, treeshoe). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 石突き (butt end, ferrule). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いしづき (butt end, ferrule). (various references) | |
Korean | 단화 (shoes). (various references) | |
Lombard | scarpa. (various references) | |
Manx | croughey. (various references) | |
Maori | huu. (various references) | |
Maya | xanab. (various references) | |
Norwegian | sko. (various references) | |
Occitan | sabata. (various references) | |
Papago | shuhshk. (various references) | |
Papiamen | sapatu, sapato. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oeshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sapato (low shoe), sapata (sabot). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | sapato. (various references) | |
Romanian | pantof (clog). (various references) | |
Romansch | chalzer. (various references) | |
Romany | petalonàv (to shoe a horse). (various references) | |
Russian | ботинок (boot, brogan, high shoe), башмак (chock, clog, saddle). (various references) | |
Scottish | bròg (a shoe). (various references) | |
Sepedi | seeta. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | za cipele, potkovati (horseshoe), papuča (footboard, slipper), obuti (put on), cipela. (various references) | |
Sicilian | scarpa. (various references) | |
Spanish | zapato (beetle-crusher), zapata (block, brake shoe, button), patín (bootee, runner, skate, skateboard, skid). (various references) | |
Sranan | buta (boot). (various references) | |
Swahili | kiatu. (various references) | |
Swazi | si-cátfulo. (various references) | |
Swedish | sko (boot, line one's pocket, Mount, shod). (various references) | |
Tagalog | sapátos. (various references) | |
Thai | เกือกม้า, สวมรองเท้า, สวมปลอก, ก้านห้ามล้อ, รองเท้า, ปลอก. (various references) | |
Turkish | pabuç, nallamak, nal (horseshoe), kontak papucu, fren balatası (brake lining), dış lâstik, balata, ayakkabi, ayakkabı giydirmek, ayakkabı (footwear, pump). (various references) | |
Turkmen | aяakgap (footwear). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | черевик (boot, Oxford), колодка, взувати, підшивати (turn up), підковувати, підкова (horseshoe). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chết treo phê bình đúng (shod). (various references) | |
Welsh | pedoli, esgid (boot), archenad (clothing), archen (clothing). (various references) | |
Yucatec | xanab (sandal). (various references) | |
Zulu | isicathulo. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | calceus, calcia, calciamenta, calciamentaque, calciamenti, calciamentis, calciamento, calciamentorum, calciamentum, calciassent, calciati, calciatos, calciavi. (various references) |
| Old Irish | 300-1000 | broce. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | sco. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ei apo spartiou ewV sfairwthroV upodhmatoV lhmyomai apo pantwn twn swn ina mh eiphV oti egw eploutisa ton abram |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quod a filo subteminis usque ad corrigiam caligae non accipiam ex omnibus quae tua sunt ne dicas ego ditavi Abram |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þæt ic ne underfo furðon ænne ðwang of eallum þisum ðingum ðe þine ær wæron, ðæt þu ne secge eft: Ic gewelgode Abram. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That fro a threed of the weeft vnto a garter of an hoos I shal not take of alle thingis that ben thin, lest thow seye, I haue maad Abram ryche; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | That I will not take of all yt is thyne so moch as a thred or a shoulacher lest thou shuldest saye I haue made Abra ryche. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Nga ako dili mokuha bisan sa usa ka lugas nga hilo ni sa higot sa usa ka sapin ni sa tanan nga mga imo, aron ikaw dili makaingon: Ako ang nagpadato kang Abram: |
| Croatian | da neæu uzeti ni konèiæa, ni remena od obuæe, niti išta što je tvoje da ne kažeš: na meni se Abram obogatio. |
| Danish | at jeg ikke vil tage så meget som en Tråd eller en Sandalrem eller overhovedet noget som helst af din Ejendom; du skal ikke sige, at du har gjort Abram rig! |
| Dutch | Zo ik van een draad aan tot een schoenriem toe, ja, zo ik van alles, dat het uwe is, iets neme! opdat gij niet zegt: Ik heb Abram rijk gemaakt! |
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