dry-shod
9.9
To keep your feet or shoes dry when crossing wet ground
- adjective
- /draɪ ʃɒd/
:
con los pies secos
- Even in the wettest conditions, he managed to stay dry-shod throughout the hike.
Examples
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Meanwhile, the troll carried the witch girl effortlessly in its arms and set her safe and dry-shod on firmer ground.
Fiction book (1992) -
As the frogs before their enemy, the snake, all vanish through the water, till each cocks itself on the bottom, I saw more than a thousand ruined souls flee before one that strode dry-shod over Styx.
Academic text (2003) -
After the rain, they were happy to walk dry-shod along the path beside the river.
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She crossed the puddles dry-shod, avoiding getting her shoes wet.
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
dry-shod positive
Morphology
Etymology
Dry-shod comes from the two parts dry and shod, where shod means 'wearing shoes' and is related to shoe. So dry-shod paints the picture of someone keeping their shoes dry while crossing wet ground, which is why it means having dry feet or shoes.