shirr
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃɜː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʃɜɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Verb
[edit]shirr (third-person singular simple present shirrs, present participle shirring, simple past and past participle shirred)
- (US, sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
- (US, transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
- 1985 April 27, Sue Hyde, “Sunday Brunch with a Harbor View”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
- The Creole eggs arrived in a ramekin, shirred on a bed of Virginia ham julienne and topped with a robust, spicy tomato sauce of Creole derivation.
- 2006, Kim Severson, THE CHEF: ANNE QUATRANO; Letting the Land Make a Statement on the Plate, NYTimes, July 6
- But her favorite way to express their simplicity is to shirr them. It's an old-fashioned technique that essentially means baking an egg. In her version, the eggs in ramekins are simmered in seasoned cream that reduces slightly into a soft sauce.
Translations
[edit]To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads
Noun
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Shirr_%28PSF%29.png/220px-Shirr_%28PSF%29.png)
shirr (plural shirrs)
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish sirid (“to traverse, seek”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sir.
Verb
[edit]shirr (verbal noun shirrey, past participle shirrit)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
shirr | hirr after "yn", çhirr |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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