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skirt
skirt S0454800 (skûrt)n.1. The part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down.2. A garment hanging from the waist and worn especially by women and girls.3. A part or attachment resembling the skirt of a garment, especially:a. One of the leather flaps hanging from the side of a saddle.b. The lower outer section of a rocket vehicle.c. A flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle.d. A piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection.e. A spray skirt.4. An outer edge; a border or margin: a base camp on the skirt of the mountain.5. Offensive Slang A woman.v. skirt·ed, skirt·ing, skirts v.tr.1. To lie along or form the edge of; border: the creek that skirts our property.2. To pass around rather than across or through: changed their course to skirt the storm.3. To pass close to; miss narrowly: The bullet skirted an artery.4. To evade, as by circumlocution: skirted the controversial issue.v.intr. To lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border.
[Middle English, from Old Norse skyrta, shirt; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]skirt (skɜːt) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) a garment hanging from the waist, worn chiefly by women and girls2. (Clothing & Fashion) the part of a dress below the waist3. (Aeronautics) Also called: apron a frieze or circular flap, as round the base of a hovercraft4. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) the flaps on a saddle that protect a rider's legs5. (Cookery) Brit a cut of beef from the flank6. (often plural) a margin or outlying area7. (Textiles) NZ the lower part of a sheep's fleece8. bit of skirt slang a girl or womanvb9. (tr) to form the edge of10. (tr) to provide with a border11. (when: intr, foll by around, along, etc) to pass (by) or be situated (near) the outer edge of (an area, etc)12. (tr) to avoid (a difficulty, etc): he skirted the issue. 13. (Textiles) chiefly Austral and NZ to remove the trimmings or inferior wool from (a fleece)[C13: from Old Norse skyrta shirt] ˈskirted adjskirt (skɜrt)
n. 1. the part of a gown, dress, or coat that extends downward from the waist. 2. a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn esp. by women and girls. 3. some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell. 4. a small leather flap on each side of a saddle, covering the metal bar from which the stirrup hangs. 5. Also called apron. a flat, horizontal wooden piece, often ornamental, set immediately beneath a tabletop, chair seat, base of a chest of drawers, etc., and extending between the legs. 6. a cloth flounce or valance fitting around the sides of a bed, couch, or chair, as to conceal the legs. 7. Usu., skirts. the bordering, marginal, or outlying part of a place, group, etc.; outskirts. 8. Older Slang: Usually Offensive. a woman or girl. v.t. 9. to lie on or along the border of: The hills skirt the town. 10. to pass along or around the border or edge of: Traffic skirts the monument. 11. to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from (something controversial, risky, etc.). 12. to wrap or cover with or as if with a skirt. v.i. 13. to be or lie on or along the edge of something. 14. to move along or around the border of something. [1250–1300; Middle English skirte < Old Norse skyrta shirt] skirt′less, adj. skirt′like`, adj. usage: Definition 8, though rarely used today, is usually perceived as insulting. skirt- bustle - A stuffed pad or cushion worn under the skirt of a woman's dress, it had a synonym of "dress-improver."
- kick pleat - The slit in the back of a skirt or coat that allows more freedom of movement.
- A-line - A dress or skirt shaped like an A, created by Christian Dior.
- skirt - The ice cream at the base of a scoop of ice cream in a cone.
Skirt the edge of a crowd; a number of trees bordering or surrounding a place, 1617.Examples: skirt of the enemy host, 1577; of the thickets, 1835; skirts of the cause, 1629; of congregation, 1764; of the crowd, 1894; of human nature, 1820; of the night, 1624; of power, 1839; of religion, 1648; of wood, 1617.skirt
Past participle: skirted
Gerund: skirting
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| I skirt | | you skirt | | he/she/it skirts | | we skirt | | you skirt | | they skirt |
| Preterite |
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| I skirted | | you skirted | | he/she/it skirted | | we skirted | | you skirted | | they skirted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am skirting | | you are skirting | | he/she/it is skirting | | we are skirting | | you are skirting | | they are skirting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have skirted | | you have skirted | | he/she/it has skirted | | we have skirted | | you have skirted | | they have skirted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was skirting | | you were skirting | | he/she/it was skirting | | we were skirting | | you were skirting | | they were skirting |
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| I had skirted | | you had skirted | | he/she/it had skirted | | we had skirted | | you had skirted | | they had skirted |
| Future |
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| I will skirt | | you will skirt | | he/she/it will skirt | | we will skirt | | you will skirt | | they will skirt |
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| I will have skirted | | you will have skirted | | he/she/it will have skirted | | we will have skirted | | you will have skirted | | they will have skirted |
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| I will be skirting | | you will be skirting | | he/she/it will be skirting | | we will be skirting | | you will be skirting | | they will be skirting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been skirting | | you have been skirting | | he/she/it has been skirting | | we have been skirting | | you have been skirting | | they have been skirting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been skirting | | you will have been skirting | | he/she/it will have been skirting | | we will have been skirting | | you will have been skirting | | they will have been skirting |
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| I had been skirting | | you had been skirting | | he/she/it had been skirting | | we had been skirting | | you had been skirting | | they had been skirting |
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| I would skirt | | you would skirt | | he/she/it would skirt | | we would skirt | | you would skirt | | they would skirt |
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| I would have skirted | | you would have skirted | | he/she/it would have skirted | | we would have skirted | | you would have skirted | | they would have skirted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  skirt - cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waistcloth covering - a covering made of clothgarment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"lap covering, lap - the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs; "his lap was covered with food stains"seat - the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through" | | 2. | skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and womenballet skirt, tutu - very short skirt worn by ballerinasbox pleat - a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of itculotte - a divided skirtfull skirt - a long skirt gathered at the waistgarment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"gathered skirt - a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waistgrass skirt - a skirt made of long blades of grasshobble skirt - a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914crinoline, hoopskirt - a skirt stiffened with hoopskick pleat - pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walkingkilt - a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotlandlavalava - a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans)maxi - a long skirt ending below the calfmini, miniskirt - a very short skirtoverskirt - an outer skirt worn over another skirtplacket - a piece of cloth sewn under an openingsarong - a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacificslide fastener, zip fastener, zipper, zip - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tabsunburst pleat, sunray pleat - knife pleat cut on the bias to produce a flared effecthemline - the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat | | 3. |  skirt - (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collarannulusFungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi - the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plantsplant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or funguspartial veil - membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap | | 4. |  skirt - informal terms for a (young) woman dame, wench, doll, chick, birdfille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18" | | Verb | 1. | skirt - 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"evade, hedge, sidestep, parry, fudge, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put offbeg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objectionsavoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" | | 2. | skirt - pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"go past, pass by, travel by, go by, pass, surpass - move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" | | 3. | skirt - form the edge ofborder, bound - form the boundary of; be contiguous to | | 4. | skirt - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"border, environ, surround, ringadjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"fringe - decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress"gird, girdle - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"hem in - surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden |
skirtverb1. border, edge, lie alongside, line, fringe, flank We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of the hill.2. (often with around or round) go round, bypass, walk round, circumvent She skirted around the edge of the room to the door.3. (often with around or round) avoid, dodge, evade, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, detour, fail to mention, body-swerve (Scot.) They have, until now, skirted around the issue.noun1. (often plural) border, edge, margin, fringe, outskirts, rim, hem, periphery, purlieus the skirts of the hillSkirts A-line, button-through, crinoline, dirndl, divided skirt, drop-waisted, filibeg, fillibeg, or philibeg, full skirt, fustanella or fustanelle, gaberdine or gabardine, grass skirt, half-slip or waist-slip, hobble skirt, hoop skirt, kilt, lava-lava, maxiskirt, microskirt, midiskirt, miniskirt, overskirt, pencil skirt, petticoat, puffball skirt, ra-ra skirt, riding skirt, sarong, tutu, underskirt, wrapover or wraproundskirtnounThe periphery of a city or town.Used in plural:edge, environs, fringe, outskirt (often used in plural), suburb (used in plural).verb1. To put or form a border on:border, bound, edge, fringe, margin, rim, verge.2. To pass around but not through:bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, detour, go around.3. To avoid fulfilling or answering completely:dodge, duck, evade, hedge, sidestep.Translationsskirt (skəːt) noun1. a garment, worn by women, that hangs from the waist. Was she wearing trousers or a skirt? 裙子 裙子2. the lower part of a dress, coat etc. a dress with a flared skirt. 衣服下擺 衣服下摆skirt
skirt chaserSomeone, typically a man, who very actively, persistently, and/or aggressively pursues sexual relations with women. After my brother's girlfriend broke up with him, he started drinking heavily and turned into quite a skirt chaser.See also: chaser, skirtbit of skirt1. A physically attractive woman. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Jack knew he was the envy of all of his friends as he paraded around town with his new bit of skirt.2. A derogatory term used to describe a woman who lacks value beyond being physically attractive. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I can't believe my ex-boyfriend went out with that bit of skirt!See also: bit, of, skirtupskirtA video or photo that has been taken with the camera aimed up a woman's skirt, often secretly and without her consent. I'll make sure that the man responsible for this disgusting upskirt video is sued.skirt around (someone or something)1. To lie around the edge of something. The small creek skirting around the edge of our property has always been a source of fascination to our kids. The proposed highway will skirt around the city to ease the pressure of rush-hour commuters.2. To move around someone or something so as to avoid or evade them or it. The pilots changed course in order to skirt around the storm. I skirted around the security guard when his back was turned and made my way into the building.3. To avoid or evade some issue or topic, as by circumlocution. He always skirts around the issue whenever I bring up pay raises for the people on my team. When asked about his role in the scandal, the CEO skirted around the issue with a longwinded non sequitur about his loyalty to his company and its customers.See also: around, skirtskirt around someone or somethingFig. to move around and avoid someone or something. (something can be a topic of conversation.) We talked the whole evening and managed to skirt around Fred. We had to skirt around the subject.See also: around, skirtskirt n. a woman. Some skirt comes up to me and asks where the police station is. skirt
skirt1. a frieze or circular flap, as round the base of a hovercraft 2. the flaps on a saddle that protect a rider's legs 3. NZ the lower part of a sheep's fleece skirt[skərt] (aerospace engineering) apron (building construction) baseboard skirt, skirting1. Same as baseboard.2. An apron, 6.skirt  i. The lower portion of a parachute canopy.
ii. The extension of the lower portion of the cylinder of a reciprocating engine below the cylinder base flange into the crankcase. This reduces the overall diameter of the engine; aids lubrication of the cylinders; and permits a more uniform control of the used oil scraper ring, a larger crankcase diameter, and a good seal between the cylinder hold-down flange and the crankcase.MedicalSeeapronskirt
Related to skirt: High Heels, scarf, ZaraSynonyms for skirtverb borderSynonyms- border
- edge
- lie alongside
- line
- fringe
- flank
verb go roundSynonyms- go round
- bypass
- walk round
- circumvent
verb avoidSynonyms- avoid
- dodge
- evade
- steer clear of
- sidestep
- circumvent
- detour
- fail to mention
- body-swerve
noun borderSynonyms- border
- edge
- margin
- fringe
- outskirts
- rim
- hem
- periphery
- purlieus
Synonyms for skirtnoun the periphery of a city or townSynonyms- edge
- environs
- fringe
- outskirt
- suburb
verb to put or form a border onSynonyms- border
- bound
- edge
- fringe
- margin
- rim
- verge
verb to pass around but not throughSynonyms- bypass
- circumnavigate
- circumvent
- detour
- go around
verb to avoid fulfilling or answering completelySynonyms- dodge
- duck
- evade
- hedge
- sidestep
Synonyms for skirtnoun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waistRelated Words- cloth covering
- garment
- lap covering
- lap
- seat
noun a garment hanging from the waistRelated Words- ballet skirt
- tutu
- box pleat
- culotte
- full skirt
- garment
- gathered skirt
- grass skirt
- hobble skirt
- crinoline
- hoopskirt
- kick pleat
- kilt
- lavalava
- maxi
- mini
- miniskirt
- overskirt
- placket
- sarong
- slide fastener
- zip fastener
- zipper
- zip
- sunburst pleat
- sunray pleat
- hemline
noun (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collarSynonymsRelated Words- Fungi
- fungus kingdom
- kingdom Fungi
- plant part
- plant structure
- partial veil
noun informal terms for a (young) womanSynonymsRelated Words- fille
- girl
- miss
- missy
- young lady
- young woman
verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)Synonyms- evade
- hedge
- sidestep
- parry
- fudge
- circumvent
- dodge
- elude
- duck
- put off
Related Wordsverb pass around or aboutRelated Words- go past
- pass by
- travel by
- go by
- pass
- surpass
verb form the edge ofRelated Wordsverb extend on all sides of simultaneouslySynonyms- border
- environ
- surround
- ring
Related Words- adjoin
- contact
- touch
- meet
- fringe
- gird
- girdle
- cloister
- inclose
- shut in
- close in
- enclose
- hem in
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