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shirt

//ʃɜːt//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for shirt

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
shirts

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
shirt
past (v2)
shirted
past participle (v3)
shirted
present participle
shirting
3rd person singular
shirts

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms.

    • She had her shertes & gyrdyls of heere.
    • He went to the mall to find a decent shirt for his interview.
    • Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts.
  2. 2.An interior lining in a blast furnace.

    • Tom told me I shouldn't wear a pink shirt.
    • Do you like my new shirt?
    • I really like this shirt.
  3. 3.A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.

    • Tom told me I shouldn't wear a pink shirt.
    • Do you like my new shirt?
    • I really like this shirt.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1928

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Uncommon
General reading & writing
Common
Academic
Rare
Literature
Common

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?

Proto-Germanic *skertaną

Proto-Germanic *skurtaz

Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ

Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā

Old English sċyrte

Middle English schirte

English shirt

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