SHOEHORN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A device used for easing the foot into a shoe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shoehorn" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Present simple: I / you / we / they shoehorn ... he / she / it shoehorns

Past simple: shoehorned

Past participle: shoehorned

-ing form: shoehorning

Meaning:

Fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "shoehorn" is one way to...):

accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something