"shirr" meaning in English

See shirr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃɜɹ/ [General-American] Forms: shirrs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} shirr (plural shirrs)
  1. (sewing) A shirring. Categories (topical): Sewing
    Sense id: en-shirr-en-noun-4NLD4Dvk Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles

Verb

IPA: /ʃɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃɜɹ/ [General-American] Forms: shirrs [present, singular, third-person], shirring [participle, present], shirred [participle, past], shirred [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} shirr (third-person singular simple present shirrs, present participle shirring, simple past and past participle shirred)
  1. (US, sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads. Tags: US Categories (topical): Sewing Translations (To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads): правя набор (pravja nabor) (Bulgarian), nabrat [perfective] (Czech), zřasit [perfective] (Czech), rypyttää (Finnish), poimuttaa (Finnish), froncer (French), ch'ipuy (Quechua)
    Sense id: en-shirr-en-verb-nb9NNAJt Categories (other): American English Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles Disambiguation of 'To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads': 98 2
  2. (US, transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish. Tags: US, transitive
    Sense id: en-shirr-en-verb-4N5TViCZ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Quechua translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 35 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 25 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 11 25 16 11 7 9 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 11 26 16 10 6 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 24 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 27 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 24 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 20 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Quechua translations: 11 26 63

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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