About The Word Skirt
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Skirt
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What's The Definition Of Skirt?
[n] a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
[n] cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist [n] informal terms for a (young) woman [v] 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" [v] extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [v] pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast" [v] form the edge or Synonyms | Synonyms for Skirt: bird | border | chick | circumvent | dame | dodge | doll | duck | elude | evade | fudge | hedge | parry | put off | sidestep | surround | wench Related Terms | Find terms related to Skirt: See Also | adjoin | avoid | ballet skirt | border | bound | box pleat | cloth covering | contact | crinoline | culotte | culottes | enclose | fille | fringe | full skirt | garment | gathered skirt | gird | girdle | girl | go by | go past | grass skirt | hem in | hemline | hobble skirt | hoopskirt | inclose | kick pleat | kilt | lap | lap covering | lavalava | meet | miss | missy | overskirt | pass | pass by | placket | quibble | sarong | seat | shut in | slide fastener | sunburst pleat | sunray pleat | surpass | touch | travel by | tutu | young lady | young woman | zip | zip-fastener | zipper Skirt In Webster's Dictionary \Skirt\, n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta
a shirt, Sw. sk["o]rt 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. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity. Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. --S. S. Smith. |
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