SHIRT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shirt mean? 

• SHIRT (noun)
  The noun SHIRT has 1 sense:

1. a garment worn on the upper half of the body

  Familiarity information: SHIRT used as a noun is very rare.

• SHIRT (verb)
  The verb SHIRT has 1 sense:

1. put a shirt on

  Familiarity information: SHIRT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHIRT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garment worn on the upper half of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shirt" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Meronyms (parts of "shirt"):

shirt button (a button on a shirt)

shirtfront (the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket))

shirtsleeve (the sleeve of a shirt)

shirttail (fabric forming the tail of a shirt)

dickey; dickie; dicky; shirtfront (a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt)

Meronyms (substance of "shirt"):

shirting (any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shirt"):

camise (a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages)

daishiki; dashiki (a loose and brightly colored African shirt)

dress shirt; evening shirt (a man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear (usually with a tuxedo))

hair shirt (an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance)

jersey; T-shirt; tee shirt (a close-fitting pullover shirt)

kurta (a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama))

polo shirt; sport shirt (a shirt with short sleeves designed for comfort and casual wear)

tank top (a tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front opening; often worn over a shirt or blouse)

work-shirt (heavy-duty shirts worn for manual or physical work)

Derivation:

shirt (put a shirt on)

• SHIRT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put a shirt on

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "shirt" is one way to...):

apparel; clothe; dress; enclothe; fit out; garb; garment; habilitate; raiment; tog (provide with clothes or put clothes on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

shirt (a garment worn on the upper half of the body)

 Context examples 

“And your shirts,” said Miss Murdstone; “have you brought 'em home?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

His clothes, shirt, and skin, were all of the same colour.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The blood ran down the faster, to be sure, but I was my own master again and only tacked to the mast by my coat and shirt.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“The same shirt, and he hasn’t had it off once in all this time.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Gramercy to him that he left me the shirt and the shoon.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had nothing on save only his trousers and shirt.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I send my shirts two at a time, for if you send more it excites the woman and diverts her attention.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the course of the first week, in one afternoon, he and Joe accounted for the two hundred white shirts.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Shirts, stockings, cravats, and waistcoats faced her in each.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She had drawn a little gleaming revolver, and emptied barrel after barrel into Milverton’s body, the muzzle within two feet of his shirt front.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)