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Horseshoed vs Horseshoes - What's the difference?

horseshoed | horseshoes |

As verbs the difference between horseshoed and horseshoes

is that horseshoed is past tense of horseshoe while horseshoes is third-person singular of horseshoe.

As a noun horseshoes is

plural of lang=en.

horseshoed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (horseshoe)

  • horseshoe

    English

    (identified by the letter "C" on the shown horseshoe} consist of spur-point and a shank to form an antislipping device.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The U-shaped metallic shoe of a horse.
  • * 1887', David A. Wells, "The Economic Disturbances since 1873", III, ''Popular Science'' ' 31 (no. 37): 595
  • And what has been thus affirmed of other leading commodities; the blacksmith, for example, no longer making, but buying his horseshoes , nails, nuts, and bolts;
  • A U-shaped piece of metal used to play the game horseshoes.
  • * 1997 , Francis Edward Abernethy (editor), Texas toys and games? , page 142
  • Each player has a turn at tossing his horseshoes', one at a time, at the stob opposite him. His opponent then throws his ' horseshoes .
  • The U shape of a horseshoe.
  • * 2005 , Stuart H. James & Jon J. Nordby (editors), Forensic science: an introduction to scientific and investigative techniques , page 88
  • If there are no missing teeth and tooth alignment is good, two opposing well-defined horseshoes are seen. If, however, your denitition is mal-aligned or is missing anterior teeth, this pattern too should be reflected in the bite mark.
  • (bodybuilding, slang) A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
  • * 2004 , Ellington Darden, The New High-Intensity Training , page 58
  • The lateral head of your triceps forms the outside of the horseshoe , the long head forms the inside, the medial head lies beneath the long head, and the tendon occupies the flat space in the middle.
  • (logic) The symbol .
  • Derived terms

    * Golden Horseshoe * horseshoe crab * )

    See also

    * farrier

    Verb

  • To apply horseshoes to a horse.
  • Usage notes

    The shorter form (shoe) is more commonly used.

    Synonyms

    * (to apply horseshoes) shoe

    horseshoes

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • The game played by throwing horseshoes toward a metal stake.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (horseshoe)