shirt
(noun) a garment worn on the upper half of the body
shirt
(verb) put a shirt on
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shirt (plural shirts)
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.
An interior lining in a blast furnace.
A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.
shirt (third-person singular simple present shirts, present participle shirting, simple past and past participle shirted)
To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.
• Hirst, Trish, riths
Source: Wiktionary
Shirt, n. Etym: [OE. schirte, sherte, schurte; akin to Icel. skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, Dan. skiört a petticoat, D. schort a petticoat, an argon, G. schurz, schürze, an argon; all probably from the root of E. short, as being originally a short garment. See Short, and cf. Skirt.]
Definition: A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under- garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys. Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts. Addison. She had her shirts and girdles of hair. Bp. Fisher.
Shirt, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Shirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirting.]
Definition: To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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