# shod

Pronunciation: say "SHOD" US /ʃɑd/, UK /ʃɒd/

## Adjective

1. Wearing shoes; having footwear on the feet.
   - Simple: Wearing shoes on the feet.
   - _The hikers, well shod in sturdy leather boots, tackled the rocky trail._
   - _Servants in the household went shod even through the warmest months._
3. Equipped or fitted with tires of a given type.
   - Simple: Fitted with tires, as a car or bike is.
   - _The race car was shod with soft compound tires for better grip._
   - _Vehicles shod with deep-tread tires handle muddy terrain far better._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of shoe. — simple past and past participle of shoe
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of shoe. Use this form for fitting shoes that already happened.
   - _The farrier shod each mare with a fresh set of iron shoes._
   - _Every cavalry horse was shod before the long march north._

## Origin

From Middle English "shoed," the past participle of "shon," and a doublet of "shoed."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shod (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).