Meaning of "horseshoe" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF HORSESHOE

horseshoe  [ˈhɔːsˌʃuː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORSESHOE

Horseshoe is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb horseshoe in English.

WHAT DOES HORSESHOE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Horseshoe

A horseshoe is a fabricated product, normally made of metal, although sometimes made partially or wholly of modern synthetic materials, designed to protect a horse's hoof from wear. Shoes are attached on the palmar surface of the hooves, usually nailed through the insensitive hoof wall that is anatomically akin to the human toenail, though much larger and thicker. However, there are many cases where shoes are glued. The fitting of horseshoes is a professional occupation, conducted by a farrier, who specializes in the preparation of feet, assessing potential lameness issues, and fitting appropriate shoes, including remedial features where required. In some countries, such as the United Kingdom, horseshoeing is legally restricted to only people with specific qualifications and experience. In other nations, such as the United States, where professional licensing is not legally required, professional organizations provide certification programs that publicly identify qualified individuals. Horseshoes are available in a wide variety of materials and styles, developed for different types of horse and for the work they do.

Definition of horseshoe in the English dictionary

The first definition of horseshoe in the dictionary is a piece of iron shaped like a U with the ends curving inwards that is nailed to the underside of the hoof of a horse to protect the soft part of the foot from hard surfaces: commonly thought to be a token of good luck. Other definition of horseshoe is an object of similar shape. Horseshoe is also to fit with a horseshoe; shoe.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HORSESHOE

PRESENT

Present

I horseshoe

you horseshoe

he/she/it horseshoes

we horseshoe

you horseshoe

they horseshoe

Present continuous

I am horseshoing

you are horseshoing

he/she/it is horseshoing

we are horseshoing

you are horseshoing

they are horseshoing

Present perfect

I have horseshoed

you have horseshoed

he/she/it has horseshoed

we have horseshoed

you have horseshoed

they have horseshoed

Present perfect continuous

I have been horseshoing

you have been horseshoing

he/she/it has been horseshoing

we have been horseshoing

you have been horseshoing

they have been horseshoing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I horseshoed

you horseshoed

he/she/it horseshoed

we horseshoed

you horseshoed

they horseshoed

Past continuous

I was horseshoing

you were horseshoing

he/she/it was horseshoing

we were horseshoing

you were horseshoing

they were horseshoing

Past perfect

I had horseshoed

you had horseshoed

he/she/it had horseshoed

we had horseshoed

you had horseshoed

they had horseshoed

Past perfect continuous

I had been horseshoing

you had been horseshoing

he/she/it had been horseshoing

we had been horseshoing

you had been horseshoing

they had been horseshoing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will horseshoe

you will horseshoe

he/she/it will horseshoe

we will horseshoe

you will horseshoe

they will horseshoe

Future continuous

I will be horseshoing

you will be horseshoing

he/she/it will be horseshoing

we will be horseshoing

you will be horseshoing

they will be horseshoing

Future perfect

I will have horseshoed

you will have horseshoed

he/she/it will have horseshoed

we will have horseshoed

you will have horseshoed

they will have horseshoed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been horseshoing

you will have been horseshoing

he/she/it will have been horseshoing

we will have been horseshoing

you will have been horseshoing

they will have been horseshoing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would horseshoe

you would horseshoe

he/she/it would horseshoe

we would horseshoe

you would horseshoe

they would horseshoe

Conditional continuous

I would be horseshoing

you would be horseshoing

he/she/it would be horseshoing

we would be horseshoing

you would be horseshoing

they would be horseshoing

Conditional perfect

I would have horseshoe

you would have horseshoe

he/she/it would have horseshoe

we would have horseshoe

you would have horseshoe

they would have horseshoe

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been horseshoing

you would have been horseshoing

he/she/it would have been horseshoing

we would have been horseshoing

you would have been horseshoing

they would have been horseshoing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you horseshoe
we let´s horseshoe
you horseshoe

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to horseshoe

Past participle

horseshoed

Present Participle

horseshoing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF HORSESHOE

Find out the translation of horseshoe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of horseshoe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horseshoe» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 马蹄铁
• Translator English - Spanish: herradura
• English: horseshoe
• Translator English - Hindi: घोड़े की नाल
• Translator English - Arabic: حُدْوَةُ الـحِصَّانِ
• Translator English - Russian: подкова
• Translator English - Portuguese: ferradura
• Translator English - Bengali: নাল
• Translator English - French: fer à cheval
• Translator English - Malay: Horseshoe
• Translator English - German: Hufeisen
• Translator English - Japanese: 蹄鉄
• Translator English - Korean: 편자
• Translator English - Javanese: Jarene
• Translator English - Vietnamese: móng ngựa
• Translator English - Tamil: குதிரை
• Translator English - Marathi: घोड्याचा नाल
• Translator English - Turkish: at nalı
• Translator English - Italian: ferro di cavallo
• Translator English - Polish: podkowa
• Translator English - Ukrainian: підкова
• Translator English - Romanian: potcoavă
• Translator English - Greek: πέταλο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Horseshoe
• Translator English - Swedish: hästsko
• Translator English - Norwegian: hestesko

2 QUOTES WITH «HORSESHOE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word horseshoe.

1

James Thomas Fields

A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm.

2

Leon Redbone

Other musicians are basically personalities who want to make a name for themselves. All I do is sing old songs in the best way I can. What else is there to know? If you were a blacksmith, what would people need to know about you other than whether you can make a good horseshoe?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORSESHOE»

Discover the use of horseshoe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to horseshoe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds: The Story of a Food Web

Presents a portrait of the Delaware Bay in the spring when a wide variety of animals, including minnows, mice, turtles, raccoons, and especially migrating shorebirds, come to feed on the billions of eggs laid by horseshoe crabs. Reprint.

Victoria Crenson, 2009

The American Horseshoe Crab

Carl N. Shuster, Jr., H. Jane Brockmann, and Robert B. Barlow are at the forefront of research on Limulus polyphemus, and in this book they bring together twenty scientists who have worked on all aspects of horseshoe crab biology to compile ...

Carl Nathaniel Shuster, Robert B. Barlow, H. Jane Brockmann, 2003

The Horseshoe Table: An Inside View of the UN Security Council

"In this unique, unprecedented and intimate account, Chinmaya Gharekhan takes us through the meetings of the Security Council as it debated such issues as emergency situations during the first Gulf War, Iraq's WMD programme and the work of ...

Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, 2006

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

This book consists of papers presented at the 2007 International Symposium on the Science and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs.

John T. Tanacredi, Mark L. Botton, David Smith, 2009

Harry Horseshoe Crab: A Tale of Crawly Creatures

Young readers learn about sea life as they follow the tale of Harry the horseshoe crab

Suzanne Tate, 1991

Action Plan for the Conservation of the Greater Horseshoe ...

This publication results from a request by the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention for action plans to be drawn up for the conservation of two bat species as a contribution to the Euro-Species Programme. (The second action plan ...

Roger Ransome, Anthony Michael Hutson, 2000

Crab Wars: A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and ...

Scientists, entrepreneurs, and environmentalists collide in a battle over the horseshoe crab and the lucrative biotech industry based on its blood.

William Sargent, 2002

Horseshoe Bats

Greater horseshoe bats are some of the largest horseshoe bats. Lesser horseshoe bats are some of the smallest. Greater horseshoe bats live in Great Britain, western and southern Europe, and India. They are about the size of pears . Lesser ...

Emily Raabe, 2003

Extraordinary Horseshoe Crabs

Julie Dunlap. From ancient fossils like this one, which is 155 million years old, we see that horseshoe crabs have changed very little in millions of years. HORSESHOE. TICKS. A CLOSER LOOK The first thing people usually notice about.

Julie Dunlap, 1999

Horseshoe Trilogies #3: Sweet Charity

When her mother's riding school is forced to close and new homes must be found for all the horses, Josie is torn between what she knows must be and the need to keep Charity, the horse she has raised since birth, for herself.

Lucy Daniels, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORSESHOE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term horseshoe is used in the context of the following news items.

ESPN guest lineup for World Horseshoe Pitching Tournament …

This summer's SportsCenter “On The Road” series has already seen ESPN cover three-on-three street basketball, hot dog eating contests and ... «Awful Announcing, Jul 15»

Horseshoe crab ban request on agenda - Long Island Advance

Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine is scheduled to pass the tabled resolution requesting the New York State Department of ... «Long Island Advance, Jul 15»

Horseshoe Beach: Florida's last frontier - FSView

Ripped straight from a Carl Hiaasen novel, Horseshoe Beach is an island located on the Gulf, about two hours south of Tallahassee. It's coined ... «Florida Flambeau, Jul 15»

Horseshoe donates $50K for Baltimore business recovery fund …

The Horseshoe Casino Baltimore has donated $50,000 to a fund dedicated to helping city businesses damaged by April's riots recover. «Maryland Daily Record, Jul 15»

Horseshoe Casino poker dealer accused of skimming chips - 19 …

The Horseshoe Casino played a huge role in catching the scheme after a table games coach became suspicious of the dealer in late June. The dealer then ... «19 Action News, Jul 15»

Mount Adams fires 70 percent contained

Firefighters say the Horseshoe Complex wildfires, which have burned a total of 403 acres in the Mount Adams area, stand at 70 percent ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»

Horseshoe results

Round 1A doubles: John Martin and Scott McNichols, first place; George Gee and Harry Brown, second; Ken Wilson and Jim Mullins, third; Dick ... «Logan Daily News, Jul 15»

#UnlockCincinnati: Play games, stay awhile at Horseshoe Casino

Before Erin turned 21, we attended an event at Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati that resulted in her being escorted around by a security guard all ... «WCPO, Jul 15»

Southern New England's Horseshoe Crab Population Being Bled Dry

Horseshoe crabs are a marine arthropod found along the Atlantic coast from northern Maine to the Gulf of Mexico. Delaware Bay supports the ... «ecoRI news, Jul 15»

Brookhaven wants a state ban on harvesting of horseshoe crabs in …

A baby horseshoe crab is held out of a tank at the New York State Department of Environmental Convservation as Brookhaven Town ... «Newsday, Jul 15»