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shirt
(shûrt)n.
Idioms: 1. A garment for the upper part of the body, typically having a collar, sleeves, and a front opening.
2. An undershirt.
3. A nightshirt.
keep (one's) shirt on Slang
To remain calm or patient: The plane doesn't land for another hour, so keep your shirt on.
lose (one's) shirt Slang
To lose everything one has or owns.
the shirt off (one's) back Slang
The maximum one is able to give or lose: The only thing those swindlers didn't take was the shirt off my back.
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shirt
(ʃɜːt)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a garment worn on the upper part of the body, esp by men, usually of light material and typically having a collar and sleeves and buttoning up the front
2. (Clothing & Fashion) short for nightshirt, undershirt
3. keep your shirt on informal refrain from losing your temper (often used as an exhortation to another)
4. (Gambling, except Cards) put one's shirt on informal to bet all one has on (a horse, etc)
5. (Gambling, except Cards) lose one's shirt on informal to lose all one has on (a horse, etc)
[Old English scyrte; related to Old English sceort short, Old Norse skyrta skirt, Middle High German schurz apron]
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shirt
(ʃɜrt)n.
1. a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usu. lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
2. an undergarment of cotton, or other material, for the upper part of the body.
3. a shirtwaist.
4. a nightshirt.
Idioms: 1. keep one's shirt on, Informal. to refrain from becoming angry or impatient; remain calm.
2. lose one's shirt, Informal. to suffer a severe financial reverse.
[before 1150; Middle English schirte, Old English scyrte; c. Dutch schort, German Schürze apron, Old Norse skyrta skirt]
shirt′less, adj.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() camise - a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront - a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt dress shirt, evening shirt - a man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear (usually with a tuxedo) garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" hair shirt - an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance 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 shirt button - a button on a shirt shirtfront - the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket); "he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront" shirting - any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts shirtsleeve - the sleeve of a shirt shirttail - fabric forming the tail of a shirt 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 |
Verb | 1. | shirt - put a shirt on |
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shirt
Shirts
banyan, blouse, boiled shirt, bush shirt, camise, chemise, cover-shoulder, dashiki, dress shirt, garibaldi, grandad shirt, guimpe, Jacky Howe (Austral. informal), hair shirt, kerbaya, kurta or khurta, lava-lava, middy blouse, overblouse, polo shirt, sark (Scot.), skivvy, sports shirt, Swanndri (trademark N.Z.), T-shirt or tee shirtCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
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shirt
[ʃɜːt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shirt
(ʃəːt) noun a kind of garment worn on the upper part of the body. a casual shirt; a short-sleeved shirt; She wore black jeans and a white shirt.camisa
in one's shirt-sleeves without a jacket or coat. I work better in my shirt-sleeves. en mangas de camisa
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shirt
→ camisaMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
shirt
n. camisa;
under ___ → camiseta.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
shirt
n camisaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.