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# shoe

«shoe» in Mova's school dictionary: **something you wear on your foot, with a firm bottom…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (shoe, shoes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A shoe is something you wear on your foot, with a firm bottom called the sole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#m1)

2) Shoes come in pairs: a pair is 2 shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#m2)

3) A horseshoe is a curved piece of metal fixed to a horse's hoof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: things counted, often in pairs; prices of shoes; shoe sizes. Everyday: put on your shoes, tie your shoelaces, school shoes, running shoes. Phrases: «in someone's shoes» means in their situation.

### examples

- A pair of shoes costs $30. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x1)
- She has 6 pairs of shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x2)
- How many shoes are in 4 pairs? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x3)
- The shop sold 18 shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x4)
- Take off your shoes at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x5)
- I can tie my shoelaces by myself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x6)
- The blacksmith put new shoes on the horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x7)
- Try to put yourself in her shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x8)
- The Queen pulled off her shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/#x9)

### note

Countable: a shoe, shoes. A pair is 2 shoes; check whether shoes or pairs are counted. Trap: «6 pairs of shoes» is 12 shoes. «Shoe» rhymes with «two»; do not confuse it with «shoo» (go away!).

### In the corpora

- [Child benefit is a small regular payment from the government to families with children, to help with things like shoes and food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/12/)
- [Rubbing makes skin grow thicker into calluses, which protect it; barefoot runners grow thick soles that protect like shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/16/)
- [The Hatter escapes without his shoes, just before the Queen's order to take his head off outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/8/)
- [Most Chinese homes are shoes-off, even if nobody says it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/3/)
- [«Possession» has two pairs of s's, like two pairs of shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shoe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.