What does shirt mean?

Definitions for shirt
ʃɜrtshirt

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shirt.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. shirtverb

    a garment worn on the upper half of the body

  2. shirtverb

    put a shirt on

Wiktionary

  1. shirtnoun

    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. shirtnoun

    a member of the shirt-wearing team.

  3. Etymology: scyrte, from *skurtijōn. Cognate with Dutch schort, German Schürze. skirt is a parallel formation from Old Norse; compare also short, from the same ultimate source.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SHIRTnoun

    The under linen garment of a man.

    Etymology: shiert, Danish; scyrc, scyric , Saxon.

    Shift a shirt: the violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    I take but two shirts out with me, and I mean not to sweat extraordinarily William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    When we lay next us what we hold most dear,
    Like Hercules, envenom’d shirts we wear,
    And cleaving mischiefs. Dryden.

    Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

  2. To Shirtverb

    To cover; to clothe as in a shirt.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Ah! for so many souls, as but this morn
    Were cloath’d with flesh, and warm’d with vital blood,
    But naked now, or shirted but with air. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Shirt

    A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body (from the neck to the waist). Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch-all term for a broad variety of upper-body garments and undergarments. In British English, a shirt is more specifically a garment with a collar, sleeves with cuffs, and a full vertical opening with buttons or snaps (North Americans would call that a "dress shirt", a specific type of collared shirt). A shirt can also be worn with a necktie under the shirt collar.

ChatGPT

  1. shirt

    A shirt is a type of clothing that is worn on the upper body, usually covering the torso and arms. It is typically constructed with a collar, sleeves, and buttons down the front, although variations may exist. Shirts are primarily made from fabric materials, like cotton or polyester, and can come in various designs, sizes, and colors. They can be worn for various occasions, including casual, formal, work, or sports activities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shirtnoun

    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

  2. Shirt

    to cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt

  3. Etymology: [OE. schirte, sherte, schurte; akin to Icel. skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, Dan. skirt a petticoat, D. schort a petticoat, an argon, G. schurz, schrze, an argon; all probably from the root of E. short, as being originally a short garment. See Short, and cf. Skirt.]

Wikidata

  1. Shirt

    A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body. Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch-all term for almost any garment other than outerwear such as sweaters, coats, jackets, or undergarments such as bras, vests or base layers. In British English, a shirt is more specifically a garment with a collar, sleeves with cuffs and a full vertical opening with buttons or snaps.. A shirt can also be worn with a necktie under the shirt collar.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Shirt

    shėrt, n. a short garment worn next the body by men: an interior lining in a blast-furnace.—v.t. to cover as with a shirt.—ns. Shirt′-frill, a fine cambric frill worn in the early years of the 19th century on the breast of the shirt; Shirt′-front, that part of the shirt which is open and covers the breast, generally of finer material, starched stiffly; Shirt′ing, cloth for shirts: shirts collectively.—adj. Shirt′less, without a shirt.—ns. Shirt′-sleeve, the sleeve of a shirt; Shirt′-waist, a woman's overgarment or blouse, coming to the waist and belted there.—Bloody shirt, a blood-stained shirt, as the symbol of murder; Boiled shirt, a white shirt clean washed; In one's shirt-sleeves, without the coat. [Scand.; Ice. skyrtaskortr, shortness.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. SHIRT

    Every man's bosom friend.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shirt' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3590

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shirt' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2752

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shirt' in Nouns Frequency: #1207

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shirt in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shirt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of shirt in a Sentence

  1. Jim Holder:

    There are an awful lot of fast cars and supercars on display this year, what you see now is an industry that has got its swagger back and wants to show off a bit rather than put its hair shirt on about high miles per gallon and these slightly more mundane things.

  2. Jibril Rajoub:

    He's a big symbol so we are going to target him personally and we call on all to burn his picture and his shirt and to abandon him. We still hope that Messi will not come.

  3. Moet Chandon:

    My son got stopped leaving my house last Sunday. And they pulled a taser on him for a rolling stop, and then proceeded to question him and ask him, You have on a T-Mobile shirt. Do you work there? Because if you do, how did you afford this car? Because this is a 2020.They dont know if he was a manager. They dont know if he was an owner. They dont know if he had a rich mama.

  4. Anthon St Maarten:

    You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was.

  5. Judge Jennifer Lopez:

    I haven’t been abused in the way some women have. But have I been told by a director to take off my shirt and show my boobs? Yes, I have. But did I do it? No, I did not.

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