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SHOETREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shoetree" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
Synonyms:
shoetree; tree
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "shoetree" is one way to...):
elongate; stretch (make long or longer by pulling and stretching)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
