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 →

2) Shoes come in pairs: a pair is 2 shoes. tree →

3) A horseshoe is a curved piece of metal fixed to a horse's hoof. tree →

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 →
• She has 6 pairs of shoes. tree →
• How many shoes are in 4 pairs? tree →
• The shop sold 18 shoes. tree →
• Take off your shoes at the door. tree →
• I can tie my shoelaces by myself. tree →
• The blacksmith put new shoes on the horse. tree →
• Try to put yourself in her shoes. tree →
• The Queen pulled off her shoes. tree →

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.
• Rubbing makes skin grow thicker into calluses, which protect it; barefoot runners grow thick soles that protect like shoes.
• The Hatter escapes without his shoes, just before the Queen's order to take his head off outside.
• Most Chinese homes are shoes-off, even if nobody says it.
• «Possession» has two pairs of s's, like two pairs of shoes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shoe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.