shirt

CEFRA1

/ʃɜːt/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A piece of clothing worn on the upper body.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.

Examples

  • He was wearing a faded pair of blue jeans and an old T-shirt.

  • You may as well wash your shirt.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An interior lining in a blast furnace.

  2. 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.

verb

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • You look smart in the shirt.

  • He went to the mall to buy shirts his size.

  • It can take a while to learn how to iron a shirt properly.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English 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.