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shired

shired is the simple past and past participle of shire.

Meaning of shire

Verb

shire (third-person singular simple present shires, present participle shiring, simple past and past participle shired)

  1. (transitive) To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.
    • County Longford was shired in 1586.

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Questions about shired

What is shired the simple past and past participle of?
Shired is the simple past and past participle of shire.

Words near shired in the dictionary

  1. shire town
  2. shire towns
  3. shire-reeve
  4. shire-reeves
  5. Shirebrook
  6. shired
  7. Shireen
  8. Shirehampton
  9. shireman
  10. Shiremans
  11. shiremen

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