shirt
//ʃɜːt//
Forms
- Plural
- shirts
- present (v1)
- shirt
- past (v2)
- shirted
- past participle (v3)
- shirted
- present participle
- shirting
- 3rd person singular
- shirts
Definitions
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.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.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.
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