Skirt

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down.
  • n. A garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls.
  • n. A part or attachment resembling the skirt of a garment, especially:
  • n. One of the leather flaps hanging from the side of a saddle.
  • n. The lower outer section of a rocket vehicle.
  • n. A flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle.
  • n. A piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection.
  • n. An outer edge; a border or margin: a base camp on the skirt of the mountain.
  • n. The edge, as of a town; the outskirts.
  • n. Offensive Slang A woman.
  • v. To lie along or form the edge of; border: the creek that skirts our property.
  • v. To pass around rather than across or through: changed their course to skirt the storm.
  • v. To pass close to; miss narrowly: The bullet skirted an artery.
  • v. To evade, as by circumlocution: skirted the controversial issue.
  • verb-intransitive. To lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
  • n. The part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.
  • n. A woman.
  • n. A part that serves as a border or edging.
  • v. To be on or form the border of.
  • v. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist.
  • n. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
  • n. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
  • n. A petticoat.
  • n. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
  • v. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
  • v. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of.
  • v. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The lower and hanging part of a coat or other garment; the part of a garment below the waist.
  • n. A woman's petticoat; the part of a woman's dress that hangs from the waist; formerly, a woman's lap.
  • n. A hanging part, loose from the rest: as, the skirt of a saddle. See cut under saddle.
  • n. A narrow frill, corresponding to what would now be called a ruffle.
  • n. Border; edge; margin; extreme part: as, the skirts of a town.
  • n. In milling, the margin of a millstone.
  • n. Milit., same as base, 2.
  • n. The midriff or diaphragm: so called from its appearance, as seen in butchers' meat. Also skirting.
  • To border; form the border or edge of; move along the edge of.
  • To be or live on the border; also, to move along a border, shore, or edge.
  • Specifically, in hunting, to go round hedges and gates instead of jumping over or breaking through: said of a man or dog.
  • A dialectal form of squirt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
  • n. (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
  • v. form the edge of
  • v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  • v. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
  • n. informal terms for a (young) woman
  • n. a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
  • v. pass around or about; move along the border
  • Verb Form
    skirted    skirting    skirts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cloth covering    plant part    plant structure    border    bound    missy    young woman    girl    fille    young lady   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    border    edge    margin    petticoat    pass   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bert    Curt    Evert    Insert    Kurt    alert    assert    avert    birt    blurt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gown    trouser    sleeve    frock    scarf    stocking    hat    apron    cloth    suit