verb · transitive · rare

shoehorn

shoehorn · shoehorns · shoehorned · shoehorning

использовать рожок, втиснуть, впихнуть

ein Schuhlöffel benutzen, hineinzwängen, reinzwängen, reinquetschen

To use a shoehornTo use a shoehorn.

UK/ˈʃuːˌhɔːn/US/ˈʃuːˌhɔɹn/

» Do you have a shoehorn?

Hast du einen Schuhanzieher? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Haben Sie einen Schuhlöffel? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

У Вас есть рожок для обуви? — sharptoothed

У тебя есть рожок для обуви? — sharptoothed

У вас есть лопатка для обуви? — marafon

У тебя есть лопатка для обуви? — marafon

У тебе є ріжок для взуття? — deniko

У вас є ріжок для взуття? — deniko

У вас є лопатка для взуття? — deniko

У тебе є лопатка для взуття? — deniko

У вас є ложка для взуття? — deniko

У тебе є ложка для взуття? — deniko

Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Meaning

3 senses

(literally)To use a shoehorn.
ein Schuhlöffel benutzen
испо́льзовать рожо́кispólʹzovatʹ rožók
(figuratively, transitive)To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.
His staff want to shoehorn an extra stop into his already packed campaigning schedule.
hineinzwängen, reinzwängen, reinquetschen
вти́снутьvtísnutʹ, впихну́тьvpixnútʹ
(figuratively, transitive)To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
People claiming to be psychic may shoehorn an event into fulfillment of some vague past prediction.

More definitions

fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited

Examples

2 sentences

Do you have a shoehorn?
У тебе є ріжок для взуття? — deniko
ruУ Вас есть рожок для обуви? — sharptoothed
deHast du einen Schuhanzieher? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Netflix shoehorns homosexuality into every show.
2001 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to use a shoehorn:

to exert great effort to insert or include something:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to use a shoehorn:

to exert great effort to insert or include something:

Origin

From shoe + horn.

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Forms

shoehorns, shoehorning, shoehorned, shoehorned

Base form	shoehorn · to shoehorn
3rd person singular	shoehorns
Present participle	shoehorning
Past simple	shoehorned
Past participle	shoehorned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	shoehorn
he, she, it	shoehorns

Past simpleLesson

all persons

shoehorned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have shoehorned
he, she, it	has shoehorned

Future simple (will)Lesson