skirt

v. go around, bypass, circumvent; border; travel around the outer edge; avoid, dodge, evade

n. woman's garment which hangs down from the waist; section of a piece of clothing that hangs down from the waist; periphery, outlying area; rim, border, edge; (Slang) woman, girl (derogatory)

A skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped garment which hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs.In Western culture, skirts are usually considered women's clothing. However, there are exceptions. The kilt is considered a traditional men's garment in Scotland, and some fashion designers, such as Jean-Paul Gaultier, have shown men's skirts.At its simplest, a skirt can be a draped garment made out of a single piece of material (such as pareos), but most skirts are fitted to the body at the waist and fuller below, with the fullness introduced by means of dart, gores, pleats, or panels. Modern skirts are usually made of light to mid-weight fabrics, such as denim, jersey, worsted, or poplin. Skirts of thin or clingy fabrics are often worn with slips to make the material of the skirt drape better and for modesty.
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Noun
1. cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
(hypernym) cloth covering
(part-holonym) garment
(part-meronym) lap, lap covering
2. a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
(hypernym) garment
(hyponym) ballet skirt, tutu
(part-meronym) box pleat
3. informal terms for a (young) woman
(synonym) dame, doll, wench, chick, bird
(hypernym) girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
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"
(synonym) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, dodge, duck, sidestep
(hypernym) avoid
(hyponym) quibble
2. pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
(hypernym) travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
3. form the edge of
(hypernym) bound, border
4. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
(synonym) surround, border
(hypernym) touch, adjoin, meet, contact
(hyponym) fringe

(v. t.)
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
  

(v. t.)
To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
  

(v. t.)
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
  

(n.)
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
  

(n.)
A petticoat.
  

(n.)
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
  

Synonyms and related words:
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