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Noun shoe has 4 senses

shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
--₁ is a kind of situation, position; footwear, footgear; situation, position; footwear, footgear
--₁ has parts:

counter; counter, heel; insole, innersole; instep; outsole; saddle; shoelace, shoe lace, shoestring, shoe string; spike; throat; toecap; tongue

--₁ has particulars:

anklet; baby shoe; balmoral; blucher, bluchers; bowling shoe; brogan, brogue, clodhopper, work shoe; calceus; chopine, chopines, platform, platforms; cleats; congress boot, congress shoe, congress gaiter; flipper, flippers, fin, fins; gaiter; ghillie, gillie; gym shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe; Loafer; mocassin, moccasin, moccasins; oxford; pump, pumps; running shoe; sabot, wooden shoe; sandal; slingback, sling; walker; walking shoe; wedgie; wing tip

Derived form: verb shoe₁

shoe - (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
--₂ is a kind of case; case
horseshoe, shoe - U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
--₃ is a kind of plate, scale, shell; plate, scale, shell
brake shoe, shoe, skid - a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
--₄ is a kind of restraint, constraint; restraint, constraint
--₄ is a part of drum brake, drum brakes
--₄ has parts: brake lining

Verb shoe has 1 sense

shoe - furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed"
--₁ is one way to dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel

Derived form: noun shoe₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody