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shoe

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Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

shoe

1. n. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generall

Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.

2. n. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.

3. n. (card games) A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.

4. n. Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.

5. n. A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

6. n. A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

7. n. The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

8. n. (architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off

9. n. A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

10. n. An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

11. n. An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

12. n. An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

13. n. (engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means

14. n. Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter

15. n. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.

16. v. To put shoes on one's feet.

17. v. To put horseshoes on a horse.

18. v. To equip an object with a protection against wear.

The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.

Svenska > Engelsk

sko

1. n-c. a shoe (on foot or on a horse)

2. n-c. a lining (of iron on a wooden tool; similar to a horseshoe)

3. v. to shoe, to put on shoes; especially on a horse

Han bygger sitt hus själv, förfärdigar sina kläder, bakar sitt bröd, brygger sitt öl, smider sin spik, skor sina hästar, förfärdigar sina vagnar

He builds his own house, manufactures his own clothes, bakes his own bread, brews his own beer, forges his own hammernails, shoes his own horses, builds his own waggons

Passade fötterna se’n i värmande strumpor af svart ull, Skodde sig snabbt, steg opp, tog fårskinnspelsen af väggen

Fit he then his feet in warming socks of black wool, shod himself quickly, stood up, took the sheep fur coat off the wall

4. v. to line an object with a protection against wear

Nu får väl döden sko sin käft med stål

O, now doth Death line his dead chaps with steel;

5. v. to profit, to earn an undue profit (enough to buy shoes for oneself)

William hade skott sig på Hörnerska konkursen och var således en »klok» man som åtnjöt aktning och förtroende

William had made a profit from Hörner's bankruptcy and was thus a »wise» man who enjoyed respect and trust

Medan bolag och partiledare skodde sig, voro stadens gator illa stenlagda, smutsiga och dåligt upplysta

While corporations and party officials earned well, the city's streets were lacking in pavement, dirty and poorly lit

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Exempelmeningar

Remember, that shoe will lead you to true love.
You wouldn't by any chance have some of that special shoe polish in the back, would you?
It's not only in the shoe department that the high street is travelling in time quite so sharply.
He tosses down an empty trash can and scrapes the bottom of his shoe with a stick.
We have our exploited factory workers in Taiwan build that right into the shoe.

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