jelly vs shoehorn

jelly

noun
  • A jelly shoe. 

  • A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America. 

  • A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Normally known as "jam" in Commonwealth English but see redcurrant jelly and jeely 

  • Any substance or object having the consistency of jelly. 

  • A jellyfish. 

  • Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads. 

  • A large backside, especially a woman's. 

  • A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert. 

  • Blood. 

verb
  • To make into jelly. 

  • To preserve in jelly. 

  • To wiggle like jelly. 

adj
  • Jealous. 

shoehorn

noun
  • A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place. 

  • Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 

verb
  • To use a shoehorn. 

  • 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. 

  • To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious. 

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