ALL meanings of shoon
shoon
S s - noun plural shoon an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle. 2
- noun plural shoon an object or part resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. 2
- noun shoon plural of shoe. 1
- noun plural shoon brake shoe. 1
- noun plural shoon the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire. 1
- noun plural shoon a drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle. 1
- noun plural shoon a part having a larger area than the end of an object on which it fits, serving to disperse or apply its weight or thrust. 1
- noun plural shoon the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail. 1
- noun plural shoon Civil Engineering. a member supporting one end of a truss or girder in a bridge. a hard and sharp foot of a pile or caisson for piercing underlying soil. 1
- noun plural shoon a small molding, as a quarter round, closing the angle between a baseboard and a floor. 1
- noun plural shoon the outwardly curved portion at the base of a downspout. 1
- noun plural shoon a piece of iron or stone, sunk into the ground, against which the leaves of a gateway are shut. 1
- noun plural shoon a device on a camera that permits an accessory, as a flashgun, to be attached. 1
- noun plural shoon a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh. 1
- noun plural shoon Cards. dealing box. 1
- noun plural shoon Furniture. a cuplike metal piece for protecting the bottom of a leg. a fillet beneath an ornamental foot, as a pad or scroll foot. 1
- noun plural shoon Printing. a box into which unusable type is thrown. 1
- noun plural shoon a chute conveying grain to be ground into flour. 1
- noun plural shoon Carpentry. soleplate. 1
- noun plural shoon Nautical. a thickness of planking covering the bottom of the keel of a wooden vessel to protect it against rubbing. 1
- verb with object shoon to provide or fit with a shoe or shoes. 1
- verb with object shoon to protect or arm at the point, edge, or face with a ferrule, metal plate, or the like. 1
- idioms shoon drop the other shoe, to complete an action or enterprise already begun. 1
- idioms shoon fill someone's shoes, to take the place and assume the obligations of another person: She felt that no stepmother could ever hope to fill her late mother's shoes. 1
- idioms shoon in someone's shoes, in a position or situation similar to that of another: I wouldn't like to be in his shoes. 1
- idioms shoon the shoe is on the other foot, the circumstances are reversed; a change of places has occurred: Now that we are rich and they are poor the shoe is on the other foot. 1
- idioms shoon where the shoe pinches, the true cause of the trouble or worry. 1
- noun plural shoon a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal. 0
- noun plural shoon a ferrule or the like, as of iron, for protecting the end of a staff, pole, etc. 0
- abbreviation SHOON shoe 0