unshod

«unshod» in Mova's school dictionary: not wearing shoes; barefoot — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (unshod — formal, literary)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, literary) Unshod means not wearing shoes; barefoot. tree →

2) An unshod horse has no horseshoes on its hooves. tree →

sense in the lessons

An old-fashioned, literary word found in stories and poems: «the unshod children ran along the beach». On farms, an unshod horse has no metal shoes. Plain word: barefoot.

examples

• The unshod children ran along the sandy beach. tree →
• Some horses are kept unshod and walk on soft ground. tree →
• In the old tale, the poor boy walked unshod through the snow. tree →
• The blacksmith put shoes on the unshod pony. tree →
• Don't go unshod on the hot pavement. tree →

note

Literary; in everyday talk say «barefoot» or «with no shoes on». «Shod» is an old past form of «shoe» (to put shoes on): the horse was shod.

Trees and pragmatics

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