shod

Everyday

1. (adjective, formal or old) Wearing shoes (well shod, poorly shod). tree →
2. Past form of «shoe»: fitted a horse with horseshoes (the blacksmith shod the horse). tree →
3. Having a metal end or covering (an iron-shod stick). tree →

In the lessons

Found in old stories, poems and books about horses and blacksmiths, and in formal writing. Tells the reader about shoes or horseshoes. Phrases: «well shod», «shod in», «newly shod».

Examples

• The blacksmith shod the horse. tree →
• The horse was shod with new iron shoes. tree →
• The children were well shod for the winter. tree →
• She was shod in red boots. tree →
• He walked with an iron-shod stick. tree →
• The pony needs to be shod before the show. tree →
• There was once an Emperor who had a horse shod with gold. tree →

Note

Old or formal word; in everyday talk: «wearing shoes». Irregular: shoe – shod – shod (also «shoed»). Do not confuse with «shed» or «shoddy» (badly made).

In Jewish tradition

Means wearing shoes or sandals. In Isaiah, "dry-shod" means crossing a river without wetting the feet, as Israel crossed the sea.

Interpretation. Tradition reads Isaiah's picture as a second exodus, when God will again let His people cross safely.

Examples

• I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk. (Prophets EZK.16.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with His scorching wind will He shake His hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dry-shod. (Prophets ISA.11.15, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Old or formal word; in everyday talk: «wearing shoes». Irregular: shoe – shod – shod (also «shoed»). Do not confuse with «shed» or «shoddy» (badly made).