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unshoed

unshoed

9.1
Not wearing shoes, especially said about animals like horses
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈʃud/
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  • Many wild ponies remain unshoed throughout their lives, unlike domesticated ones.

Examples

  • The unshoed horse trotted through the field.

  • The horse ran swiftly across the field, completely unshoed.

  • He walked barefoot, his feet unshoed and dusty from the road.

  • Why is the animal unshoed?

  • Many wild ponies remain unshoed throughout their lives, relying on their natural hooves.

  • The horse ran swiftly across the field, its hooves unshoed and free to touch the grass.

  • He walked barefoot, his feet unshoed and dusty from the road, enjoying the feel of the ground.

Synonyms

barefoot
vsunshoed
72 1.1

Not wearing shoes or socks

is used mainly for animals especially horses not only people
shoeless
vsunshoed
4 1.7

Having nothing on the feet

is used more for animals such as horses than for ordinary human cases
unshod
vsunshoed
  • Archaic
1 8.6

A person or animal that is not wearing shoes, like a horse without horseshoes

is used especially for animals and horses rather than mainly people
barefooted
vsunshoed
1 1.5

With no shoes on your feet

emphasizes animals and lack of fitted shoes rather than just human feet

Antonyms

shoed
1 5.6

A person, animal, or thing that wears coverings on the feet, for example horses with metal pieces on their hooves

How Shod

shod
1 7.2
unshoed
9.1

Surface Forms

unshoed positive

Morphology

unshoed = shoed (transparent) = un + shoe + ed

The word is formed by adding 'un-' to 'shoed' (shoe + -ed), so the negation of being fitted with shoes is directly expressed.

Etymology

Unshoed is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the word shoe, so it simply means 'not wearing shoes' or 'barefoot'. That's why unshoed is used for people or animals, especially horses, that do not have shoes.