English Explanatory Dictionary

shirt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
  2. An interior lining in a blast furnace.
  3. A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.
verb
  1. To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

Pronunciation

/ʃɜːt/ En-uk-shirt.ogg /ʃɜɹt/ En-us-shirt.ogg /ʃəːʈ/ /ʃəːɾʈ/

Word forms

shirt shirts shirting shirted

Etymology

From Middle English sherte, shurte, schirte, from Old English sċyrte (“a short garment; skirt; kirtle”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“a short garment, skirt, apron”), from *skurtaz (“short”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Schoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skjorte (“shirt”), Norwegian skjorte (“shirt”), Swedish skjorta (“shirt”), Faroese skjúrta (“shirt”), Icelandic skyrta (“shirt”). Doublet of skirt via Old Norse; further related to short.

Synonyms

sark

Derived words

greenshirt Orange Shirt Day overshirt redshirt shacket shirtband shirtdress shirted shirtfront shirtful Shirtgate shirtless shirtlet shirtlifting shirtlike shirtmaker shirtmaking shirttail shirtwaist shirtwaister shirtwise shirty sleepshirt swimshirt workshirt get one's shirt out get someone's shirt out give the shirt off one's back keep one's shirt on lose one's shirt off like a dirty shirt put one's shirt on wave the bloody shirt aloha shirt A-shirt belly shirt blackshirt blue shirt Blueshirt boiled shirt bowling shirt brown shirt Brownshirt cabana shirt camp shirt Crimean shirt diaper shirt dinner shirt dress shirt fire shirt ghost shirt golf shirt grandfather shirt habit shirt hair-shirt hairshirt hair shirt Hawaiian shirt horsehair shirt jac-shirt
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