shoe

chaussure

Objet porté au pied, généralement avec une semelle solide et une partie supérieure adaptée à sa forme.

En anglais simple : Something you wear on your foot, usually with a firm bottom and a shaped upper part.

• My shoes are wet.
• She bought a new pair of shoes.
• Where did you leave your other shoe?

Expressions courantes : a leather shoe, shoe size, a running shoe, a black shoe

fer à cheval

Pièce métallique courbe fixée sous le sabot d’un cheval pour le protéger.

En anglais simple : A curved metal piece fixed under a horse’s foot to protect it.

• The horse lost a shoe.
• The farrier fitted a new shoe to the hoof.
• Check the shoes before riding over rocky ground.

Synonymes : horseshoe

Expressions courantes : horse shoe, a loose shoe

ferrer

Fixer des pièces métalliques protectrices aux sabots d’un cheval ; aussi, mettre des chaussures à une autre personne.

En anglais simple : To attach protective metal pieces to a horse’s feet, or put footwear on another person’s feet.

• He knows how to shoe horses.
• The farrier shod our pony yesterday.
• How often should we shoe this horse?

Comment l'utiliser : shoe something with something (The farrier shod the pony with lightweight metal shoes.)

Expressions courantes : shoe a horse, shoe a pony

se chausser

Mettre des chaussures ; s’emploie surtout sous la forme « shod » pour décrire ce qu’une personne porte aux pieds.

En anglais simple : To put footwear on your own feet; usually used as “shod” to describe what someone wears.

• He was shod in heavy boots.
• The children were lightly shod for the long walk.
• She shod herself in sturdy leather sandals.

Comment l'utiliser : be shod in something (She was shod in soft leather boots.)

Expressions courantes : shoe oneself, shoe oneself properly

ferrer, renforcer

Fixer une pièce protectrice à un objet pour éviter qu’il s’abîme à l’usage.

En anglais simple : To fit a protective piece to something so that use does not damage it.

• We need to shoe this cane.
• He shod the pole with a metal cap.
• The workshop shoes wooden supports to protect their ends.

Comment l'utiliser : shoe something with something (They shod the wooden pole with iron to prevent wear.)

Expressions courantes : shoe a cane, shoe with iron

recouvrir, revêtir

Recouvrir un objet d’une couche de matériau pour le protéger.

En anglais simple : To cover an object with a layer of material that protects it.

• They shod the tool in metal.
• The craftsman shoes each wooden handle with brass.
• The object had been shod in a thin protective layer.

Comment l'utiliser : shoe something with something (The craftsman shod the handle with silver.)

Synonymes : cover, coat, sheathe

Expressions courantes : shoe with silver, shoe with metal