shoe

♦ shoe /ʃ'uː/ (shoes)
1 [N-COUNT]
Shoes are objects which you wear on your feet. They cover most of your foot and you wear them over socks or stockings.
...a pair of shoes...
You don't mind if I take my shoes off, do you?
see also snowshoe, training shoe
2 [N-COUNT]
A shoe is the same as a horseshoe.
3 [VERB] V n
When a blacksmith shoes a horse, they fix horseshoes onto its feet.
Blacksmiths spent most of their time repairing tools and shoeing horses...
4
see also shod
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you fill someone's shoes or step into their shoes, you take their place by doing the job they were doing.
No one has been able to fill his shoes...
6 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you talk about being in someone's shoes, you talk about what you would do or how you would feel if you were in their situation.
I wouldn't want to be in his shoes.court shoe (court shoes)
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Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design. (BRIT; in AM, use pumps)deck shoe (deck shoes)
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Deck shoes are flat casual shoes made of canvas or leather.train|ing shoe (training shoes)
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Training shoes are the same as trainers.