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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?

2 → see also snowshoe , training shoe

3 N‑COUNT A shoe is the same as a horseshoe .

4 VERB When a blacksmith shoes a horse, they fix horseshoes onto its feet. □ [V n] Blacksmiths spent most of their time repairing tools and shoeing horses.

5 → see also shod

6 PHRASE 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.

7 PHRASE 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.

shoe|horn /ʃuː hɔː ^r n/ (shoehorns , shoehorning , shoehorned )

1 N‑COUNT A shoehorn is a piece of metal or plastic with a slight curve that you put in the back of your shoe so that your heel will go into the shoe easily.

2 VERB If you shoehorn something into a tight place, you manage to get it in there even though it is difficult. □ [be V -ed + into ] Their cars are shoehorned into tiny spaces. □ [V n + into ] I was shoehorning myself into my skin-tight ball gown.

shoe|lace /ʃuː le I s/ (shoelaces ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Shoelaces are long, narrow pieces of material like pieces of string that you use to fasten your shoes. [BRIT ] □  He began to tie his shoelaces. in AM, use shoestrings

shoe|maker /ʃuː me I kə ^r / (shoemakers ) N‑COUNT A shoemaker is a person whose job is making shoes and boots.

shoe|string /ʃuː str I ŋ/ (shoestrings )

1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Shoestrings are long, narrow pieces of material like pieces of string that you use to fasten your shoes. [AM ] in BRIT, use shoelaces 2 ADJ [ADJ n] A shoestring budget is one where you have very little money to spend. □  The British-produced film was made on a shoestring budget.

3 PHRASE If you do something or make something on a shoestring , you do it using very little money. □  The theatre will be run on a shoestring.

shone /ʃɒ n, [AM ] ʃoʊ n/ Shone is the past tense and past participle of shine .

shoo /ʃuː / (shoos , shooing , shooed )

1 VERB If you shoo an animal or a person away , you make them go away by waving your hands or arms at them. □ [V n with adv] You'd better shoo him away. □ [V n prep] I shooed him out of the room.

2 EXCLAM You say ' shoo! ' to an animal when you want it to go away. □  Shoo, bird, shoo.

shoo -in (shoo-ins ) N‑COUNT A shoo-in is a person or thing that seems sure to succeed. [mainly AM , INFORMAL ] □  Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.

shook /ʃʊ k/ Shook is the past tense of shake .

shoot ◆◆◇ /ʃuː t/ (shoots , shooting , shot )

1 VERB If someone shoots a person or an animal, they kill them or injure them by firing a bullet or arrow at them. □ [V n] The police had orders to shoot anyone who attacked them. □ [be V -ed with adj] The man was shot dead by the police during a raid on his house. □ [V n + in ] Her father shot himself in the head with a shotgun.

2 VERB To shoot means to fire a bullet from a weapon such as a gun. □ [V ] He taunted armed officers by pointing to his head, as if inviting them to shoot. □ [V + at ] The police came around the corner and they started shooting at us. □ [V adv/prep] She had never been able to shoot straight.

3 VERB If someone or something shoots in a particular direction, they move in that direction quickly and suddenly. □ [V adv/prep] They had almost reached the boat when a figure shot past them.