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skirt

/ skirt /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
Type of:
garment
Kinds of:
ballet skirt tutu culotte culottes full skirt
noun Sense 2
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
Type of:
cloth covering
Has parts:
garment
verb Sense 3
pass around or about; move along the border
"The boat skirted the coast"
Type of:
travel by pass by surpass
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
form the edge of
Type of:
bound border
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
Type of:
touch adjoin meet
Kinds of:
fringe girdle gird enclose inclose
Derived:
edge border boundary line borderline delimitation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 6
informal terms for a (young) woman
Type of:
girl miss missy
verb Sense 7
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"
Type of:
avoid
Kinds of:
quibble
Derived:
dodge dodging scheme dodger fox
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
80%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
36
Times Searched
3
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garment ballet skirt tutu culotte culottes full skirt cloth covering travel by pass by surpass bound border