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# shirt

«shirt» in Mova's school dictionary: **a piece of clothing for the top of the body, often with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (shirt, shirts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A shirt is a piece of clothing for the top of the body, often with sleeves, a collar and buttons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#m1)

2) A T-shirt is a soft shirt with short sleeves and no buttons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#m2)

3) A sports shirt (jersey) shows a team's colors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a thing counted, bought, sold or washed; often with a price; school uniforms often have white shirts; phrases «T-shirt», «tuck in your shirt», «keep your shirt on» (stay calm)

### examples

- He bought 4 shirts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x1)
- Each shirt costs 12 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x2)
- She has 6 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x3)
- How many shirts did he wash? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x4)
- Tuck in your shirt for the photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x5)
- My T-shirt has a dinosaur on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x6)
- The team shirts are blue and white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x7)
- He spilled juice on his shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x8)
- Each shirt has 6 buttons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x9)
- Fold your shirts and put them in the drawer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/#x10)

### note

A thing counted; with a price per shirt, multiply. Trap: shirts and pants may be counted together as clothes. A shirt is one thing, but «pants» and «trousers» are a pair word.

### In the corpora

- [Squash a blueberry on your T-shirt and the purple mark refuses to wash out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/0/)
- [Clean glasses with water and a soft cloth, not your T-shirt, because rough cloth scratches the lenses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/6/)
- [An old shirt or apron protects your clothes from paint, which stains.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/8/)
- [One ugly shirt was 70% off; everything else was 10%.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/18/)
- [A sweater, a coat, a shirt with long sleeves — each has 2 sleeves, one for each arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/214-sleeves-in-the-wash/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shirt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shirt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.