<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.</li><li>to bake (eggs removed from the shell) in a shallow dish or in individual dishes.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also shirring.</li><li>a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.</li></ul>