Shirred vs Shirked - What's the difference?
shirred | shirked |
(shirr)
(US, sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
(US) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
* 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.
(shirk)
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
* Hare
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
* Byron
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
* Bishop Rainbow
English heteronyms
As verbs the difference between shirred and shirked
is that shirred is (shirr) while shirked is (shirk).shirred
English
Verb
(head)shirr
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Verb
(en verb)shirked
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Verb
(head)shirk
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Etymology 1
First attested use in 1625 – 1635, apparently from association with shark (verb form), or from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
- If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
- One of the cities shirked from the league.
- You that never heard the call of any vocation, that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.