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SKIRT
skirt
(noun) a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
skirt
(noun) cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
(noun) informal terms for a (young) woman
annulus, skirt
(noun) (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); “He dodged the issue”; “she skirted the problem”; “They tend to evade their responsibilities”; “he evaded the questions skillfully”
surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; “The forest surrounds my property”
skirt
(verb) pass around or about; move along the border; “The boat skirted the coast”
skirt
(verb) form the edge of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
skirt (plural skirts)
An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
The part of a dress or robe, etc, that hangs below the waist.
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
A petticoat.
(pejorative, slang) A woman.
(UK, colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
(UK, colloquial) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
Usage notes
• (article of clothing): It was formerly common to speak of “skirts” (plural) rather than “a skirt”. In some cases this served to emphasize an array of skirts of underskirts, or of pleats and folds in a single skirt; in other cases it made little or no difference in meaning.
Verb
skirt (third-person singular simple present skirts, present participle skirting, simple past and past participle skirted)
To be on or form the border of.
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
Anagrams
• Kirst, stirk
Source: Wiktionary
Skirt, n. Etym: [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skört a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]
1. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.] A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece. Addison.
3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything "Here in the skirts of the forest." Shak.
4. A petticoat.
5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. Dunglison.
Skirt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.]
1. To cover with a skirt; to surround. Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. Milton.
2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. "When sundown skirts the moor." Tennyson.
Skirt, v. t.
Definition: To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity. Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. S. S. Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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