(a) To put shoes on (sb., oneself, a statue); provide (sb.) with shoes; also fig.; cover the feet of (sb. with sth.); also, cover (the feet with sth.); -- used fig.; hosen and ~; (b) ppl. shod, wearing shoes; furnished with or having shoes; shod in, of feet: covered with (silver shoes); also fig.; also, covered in (a particular way); -- used fig.; shod men, men with shoes on, dry-footed men; shod with, wearing (sandals); also, of feet: covered with (silver shoes); hosed and shod [see also hosen v.(b)]; wet shod, wearing wet shoes.

(a) To shoe (a horse); -- also without obj.; shoe (an animal with a horseshoe, gold, etc.); ~ upon, shoe (an animal with sth.); ppl. shod, shod; neue shod; roughe shod, roughshod; (b) of talons and claws: to cover (the feet of a bird); ppl. shod, of a horse's foot: covered (by the hoof).

(a) ppl. shod, of a stake, club, etc.: covered on the end, edge, etc. (with metal); of a shovel or fork: covered with metal on the edge, tip, etc.; iren shod, of a stake: tipped or shod with an iron band; (b) to fit (a cart) with iron tires; ppl. shod, of a cart: furnished with iron tires or with projecting studs on the tires.

(a) In proverbs; ~ the gos, to waste one's time; (b) in surnames.