Shoe vs. Vamp

Shoenoun

A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

Shoenoun

A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.

Shoenoun

(card games) A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.

Shoenoun

Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

Shoenoun

A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

Shoenoun

A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

Shoenoun

The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

Shoenoun

(architecture) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.

Shoenoun

A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

Shoenoun

An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

Shoenoun

An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

Shoenoun

An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

Shoenoun

(engineering) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.

Shoenoun

Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).

Shoenoun

The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.

Shoeverb

To put shoes on one's feet.

Shoeverb

To put horseshoes on a horse.

Shoeverb

To equip an object with a protection against wear.

Shoenoun

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.

Shoenoun

Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.

Shoenoun

The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile.

Shoeverb

To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.

Shoeverb

To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.

Shoenoun

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

Shoenoun

(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time

Shoenoun

U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof

Shoenoun

a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation

Shoeverb

furnish with shoes;

Shoe

A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration and fashion.

Vampnoun

The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.

Vampnoun

Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.

Vampnoun

Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.

Vampnoun

(music) A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.

Vampnoun

(by extension) An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.

Vampnoun

A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.

Vampnoun

(informal) A vampire.

Vampnoun

A volunteer firefighter.

Vampverb

(transitive) To patch, repair, or refurbish.

Vampverb

(transitive) Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.

Vampverb

(transitive) To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.

Vampverb

To perform a waiting]] for a soloist to be ready.

Vampverb

To attach a vamp (to footwear).

Vampverb

To travel by foot; to walk.

Vampverb

(intransitive) To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.

Vampverb

(transitive) To seduce or exploit someone.

Vampverb

To advance; to travel.

Vampverb

To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; - often followed by up.

Vampverb

To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; - usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.

Vampverb

To seduce (a man) sexually for purpose of exploitation.

Vampnoun

The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.

Vampnoun

Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.

Vampnoun

A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment, consisting of simple chords in sucession.

Vampnoun

A woman who seduces men with her charm and wiles, in order to exploit them.

Vampnoun

a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Vampnoun

an improvised musical accompaniment

Vampnoun

piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe

Vampverb

make up;

Vampverb

piece (something old) with a new part;

Vampverb

act seductively with (someone)

Vampverb

provide (a shoe) with a new vamp;