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| shoe | |
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| shoe | |
| 1. subst. 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. subst. 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. subst. (card games) A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles. |  |
| 4. subst. 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. subst. 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. subst. 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. subst. The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. |  |
| 8. subst. (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. subst. A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. |  |
| 10. subst. An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. |  |
| 11. subst. An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. |  |
| 12. subst. An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. |  |
| 13. subst. (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. subst. 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. subst. 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. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| scarpa | |
| 1. subst. (protective covering for the foot) shoe |  |
| 2. subst. (architecture) juxtaposition of a wall inclined to the base of a tower or a boundary wall (buttress) |  |