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Shirked vs Shired - What's the difference?

shirked | shired |

As verbs the difference between shirked and shired

is that shirked is past tense of shirk while shired is past tense of shire.

shirked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (shirk)

    • shirk

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested use in 1625 – 1635, apparently from association with shark (verb form), or from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
  • * Hare
    • the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
  • To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
    • If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
  • * Byron
    • One of the cities shirked from the league.
  • To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
  • * Bishop Rainbow
    • You that never heard the call of any vocation, that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.
    Synonyms
    * blow off (US) * goldbrick (dated)
    See also
    * malinger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who shirks

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (širk , "idolatry").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry

    • References

    English heteronyms

    shired

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shire)

    • shire

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia shire) (en noun)
  • Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
    • Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.
  • (UK, colloquial) The general area in which a person lives, used in the context of travel within the UK.
    • When are you coming back to the shire ?
  • A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
  • A shire horse.

    • Verb

    (shir)
  • To (re]])constitute as one or more shires or [[county, counties.
  • * 1985 , Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , page 291:
    • Although he still managed formally to shire the province in the summer and autumn of 1585, his plan to establish a presidential government and complete the integration of Ulster into English Ireland met with royal indifference.
  • * 2012 , James Lydon, The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present (ISBN 1134981503), page 160:
    • The province was shired into nine counties,
    County Longford was shired in 1586

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