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shir

shir is the alternative form of shirr.

Meaning of shirr

Verb

shirr (third-person singular simple present shirrs, present participle shirring, simple past and past participle shirred)

  1. (US) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
  2. (US, transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
    • 'Breakfast, please,' said Bond. 'Pineapple juice, double. Cornflakes and cream. Shirred eggs with bacon. Double portion of Café Espresso. Toast and marmalade.'1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 92

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Forms of shir

Verb
third-person singular presentshirs
present participleshirring
past participleshirred
pastshirred
Noun
pluralshirs

Questions about shir

What is shir the alternative form of?
Shir is the alternative form of shirr.

Words near shir in the dictionary

  1. shiqdar
  2. shiqdars
  3. Shiqi
  4. Shiqian
  5. Shiquan
  6. shir
  7. Shira
  8. shirah
  9. Shirahs
  10. Shirak
  11. shirakashi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shir (page history and authors); shirr (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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