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horse·shoe
 horseshoe
- pronunciation:
- hors
shu
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a narrow, flat, U-shaped piece of iron fitted and nailed to the underside of a horse's foot.
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| definition 2: |
something in the shape of a horseshoe.
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| definition 3: |
(pl. but used with a sing. verb) a game in which players toss horseshoes at a stake some distance away.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
horseshoed, horseshoeing, horseshoes |
| definition: |
to fit (a horse) with horseshoes.
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| derivation: |
horseshoer (n.) |
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