 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
skirt
noun
1: cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the
waist
2: a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and
women
3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {doll}, {wench},
{chick}, {bird}]
verb
1: 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"
[syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put off}, {circumvent},
{parry}, {elude}, {dodge}, {duck}, {sidestep}]
2: pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat
skirted the coast"
3: form the edge of
4: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest
surrounds my property" [syn: {surround}, {border}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skirt \Skirt\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skirt \Skirt\, verb (used with an object)
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers.
--S. S. Smith.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skirt \Skirt\, noun [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
229 Moby Thesaurus words for "skirt":
Jane, Mother Hubbard, adjoin, babe, baby, ballet skirt, bank,
befringe, beg, biddy, bind, bird, bitch, board, border, bordure,
bound, boundaries, bounds, bourns, brim, brink, broad, brow, brush,
brush by, burke, bypass, caress, cheongsam, chick, chiton, circle,
circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circumference,
circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumscription, circumvent,
close the circle, coast, cocktail dress, colleen, come full circle,
come in contact, compass, confines, contact, coordinates,
crinoline, culottes, cutie, cycle, dame, damoiselle, damsel,
define, demoiselle, describe a circle, detour, dirndl, ditch,
dodge, doll, double, dress, dresses, duck, edge, edges, elude,
encircle, encompass, enframe, escape, evade, featheredge, filly,
flange, flank, frail, frame, fringe, fringes, frock, full skirt,
gal, get around, get away from, get out of, girdle,
girdle the globe, girl, girlie, glance, go about, go around,
go round, go the round, gown, grass skirt, graze, gyre, hedge,
heifer, hem, hen, hit, hobble skirt, hoyden, ignore, impinge,
jeune fille, jill, jumper, junior miss, jupe, kilt, kirtle, kiss,
labellum, labium, labrum, lap, lass, lassie, ledge, limb, limbus,
limitations, limits, line, lip, list, little missy, mademoiselle,
maid, maiden, make a circuit, mantua, march, marches, marge,
margin, marginate, maxiskirt, metes, metes and bounds, microskirt,
midiskirt, miniskirt, minx, miss, missy, muu-muu, nudge, nymphet,
orbit, osculate, outlines, outskirts, overdress, pale, pannier,
parameters, peplum, perimeter, periphery, petticoat, piece,
pinafore, purfle, purl, ragged edge, revolve, rim, romp, round,
rub, sack, sari, sarong, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss,
scrape, selvage, set off, shake, shake off, shave, sheath,
shirtdress, shore, shuffle out of, side, sideline, sidestep,
sideswipe, skim, skip, skirting, skirts, slip, slit skirt, spiral,
squeak by, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, surround,
tea gown, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, touch, trim, tutu, verge,
verges, virgin, wench, wheel, young creature, young thing
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