Slipper vs. Shoe

Slippernoun

A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

Slippernoun

Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper.

Slippernoun

A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).

Slippernoun

A person who slips.

Slippernoun

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

Slippernoun

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Slippernoun

(engineering) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.

Slippernoun

A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".

Slippernoun

(euphemism) The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.

Slipperadjective

(obsolete) slippery

Slipperverb

To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.

Slippernoun

One who, or that which, slips.

Slippernoun

A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.

Slippernoun

A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

Slippernoun

A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Slippernoun

A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; - also called shoe, and gib.

Slipperadjective

Slippery.

Slippernoun

low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors

Slippernoun

a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

Slippernoun

a comfortable slip-on shoe that is worn indoors.

Slippernoun

a light slip-on shoe, especially one used for dancing.

Slipperverb

beat (someone) with a slipper

Slipper

Slippers are light footwear that are easy to put on and off and are intended to be worn indoors, particularly at home. They provide comfort and protection for the feet when walking indoors.

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.