'Skirt' definitions:
Definition of 'skirt'
(from WordNet)
noun
Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
noun
A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
noun
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar [syn: annulus, skirt]
noun
verb
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, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
verb
Pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
verb
Form the edge of
verb
Definition of 'Skirt'
From: GCIDE
- Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity. [1913 Webster]
- Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. --S. S. Smith. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Skirt'
From: GCIDE
- Skirt \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything "Here in the skirts of the forest." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A petticoat. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Skirt'
From: GCIDE
- Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.]
- 1. To cover with a skirt; to surround. [1913 Webster]
- Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'skirt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Jane,
- 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,
- Mother Hubbard,
- 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