shoeing

SaySHOO-ingUS/ˈʃuɪŋ/UK/ˈʃuːɪŋ/

Noun pluralshoeings

3 meanings of shoeing

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of shoe. Use this form when the action is happening now or to name the task itself.
The blacksmith is shoeing the big gray horse right now.
Shoeing a young horse can take a long time.
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2
nouncountable or uncountable
The job of putting horseshoes on a horse or other animal.
Like putting new shoes on your feet, but for a horse.
The shoeing took most of the afternoon at the stable.
A good shoeing protects the horse's hooves from cracking.
3
nounslangcountable
A bad beating that someone gets in a fight.
Like getting beaten up badly in a fight.
The bigger boys gave him a real shoeing after school.
He got a shoeing for cheating in the game.
Similarbeating, thrashing, kicking, hiding
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shoeing is a form of shoe

shoe, verb: To put shoes on a person or an animal, especially metal shoes on a horse. Full entry

Forms: shoeshoes he/she/itshoeing -ing formshod past tense, past participle
Spelling: shoe → shoeing: add -ing

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