SHOETREE

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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)

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