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# unshod

adjective (unshod — formal, literary)

«unshod» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal, literary) Unshod means not wearing shoes; barefoot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unshod/#m1)
2. An unshod horse has no horseshoes on its hooves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unshod/#m2)

### In the lessons

An old-fashioned, literary word found in stories and poems: «the unshod children ran along the beach». On farms, an unshod horse has no metal shoes. Plain word: barefoot.

### Examples

- The unshod children ran along the sandy beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unshod/#x1)
- Some horses are kept unshod and walk on soft ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unshod/#x2)
- In the old tale, the poor boy walked unshod through the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unshod/#x3)
- The blacksmith put shoes on the unshod pony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unshod/#x4)
- Don't go unshod on the hot pavement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unshod/#x5)

### Note

Literary; in everyday talk say «barefoot» or «with no shoes on». «Shod» is an old past form of «shoe» (to put shoes on): the horse was shod.

## In Jewish tradition

In Jeremiah it is a warning to Israel not to run after idols until her feet are bare and her throat dry.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as God's call to stop chasing foreign gods, which wear Israel out and bring exile and hardship.

### Examples

- Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst; but thou saidst: 'There is no hope; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.' (Prophets JER.2.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/#x1)

### Note

Literary; in everyday talk say «barefoot» or «with no shoes on». «Shod» is an old past form of «shoe» (to put shoes on): the horse was shod.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unshod» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unshod/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «unshod» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unshod/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unshod» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unshod.html) on Mova free.