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skirt
(skûrt)n.
1. The part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down.
2. A garment hanging from the waist and worn especially by women and girls.
3. A part or attachment resembling the skirt of a garment, especially:
a. One of the leather flaps hanging from the side of a saddle.
b. The lower outer section of a rocket vehicle.
c. A flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle.
d. A piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection.
e. A spray skirt.
4. An outer edge; a border or margin: a base camp on the skirt of the mountain.
5. Offensive Slang A woman.
v. skirt·ed, skirt·ing, skirts
v.tr.
1. To lie along or form the edge of; border: the creek that skirts our property.
2. To pass around rather than across or through: changed their course to skirt the storm.
3. To pass close to; miss narrowly: The bullet skirted an artery.
4. To evade, as by circumlocution: skirted the controversial issue.
v.intr.
To lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border.
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skirt
(skɜːt)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a garment hanging from the waist, worn chiefly by women and girls
2. (Clothing & Fashion) the part of a dress below the waist
3. (Aeronautics) Also called: apron a frieze or circular flap, as round the base of a hovercraft
4. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) the flaps on a saddle that protect a rider's legs
5. (Cookery) Brit a cut of beef from the flank
6. (often plural) a margin or outlying area
7. (Textiles) NZ the lower part of a sheep's fleece
8. bit of skirt slang a girl or woman
vb
9. (tr) to form the edge of
10. (tr) to provide with a border
11. (when: intr, foll by around, along, etc) to pass (by) or be situated (near) the outer edge of (an area, etc)
12. (tr) to avoid (a difficulty, etc): he skirted the issue.
13. (Textiles) chiefly Austral and NZ to remove the trimmings or inferior wool from (a fleece)
[C13: from Old Norse skyrta shirt]
ˈskirted adj
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skirt
(skɜrt)n.
1. the part of a gown, dress, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
2. a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn esp. by women and girls.
3. some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell.
4. a small leather flap on each side of a saddle, covering the metal bar from which the stirrup hangs.
5. Also called apron. a flat, horizontal wooden piece, often ornamental, set immediately beneath a tabletop, chair seat, base of a chest of drawers, etc., and extending between the legs.
6. a cloth flounce or valance fitting around the sides of a bed, couch, or chair, as to conceal the legs.
7. Usu., skirts. the bordering, marginal, or outlying part of a place, group, etc.; outskirts.
8. Older Slang: Usually Offensive. a woman or girl.
v.t. 9. to lie on or along the border of: The hills skirt the town.
10. to pass along or around the border or edge of: Traffic skirts the monument.
11. to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from (something controversial, risky, etc.).
12. to wrap or cover with or as if with a skirt.
v.i. 13. to be or lie on or along the edge of something.
14. to move along or around the border of something.
[1250–1300; Middle English skirte < Old Norse skyrta shirt]
skirt′less, adj.
skirt′like`, adj.
usage: Definition 8, though rarely used today, is usually perceived as insulting.
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skirt
- bustle - A stuffed pad or cushion worn under the skirt of a woman's dress, it had a synonym of "dress-improver."
- kick pleat - The slit in the back of a skirt or coat that allows more freedom of movement.
- A-line - A dress or skirt shaped like an A, created by Christian Dior.
- skirt - The ice cream at the base of a scoop of ice cream in a cone.
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Skirt
the edge of a crowd; a number of trees bordering or surrounding a place, 1617.Examples: skirt of the enemy host, 1577; of the thickets, 1835; skirts of the cause, 1629; of congregation, 1764; of the crowd, 1894; of human nature, 1820; of the night, 1624; of power, 1839; of religion, 1648; of wood, 1617.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
skirt
Past participle: skirted
Gerund: skirting
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| Noun | 1. |  skirt - cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waistcloth covering - a covering made of cloth garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" lap covering, lap - the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs; "his lap was covered with food stains" seat - the cloth covering for the buttocks; "the seat of his pants was worn through" |
| 2. | skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women ballet skirt, tutu - very short skirt worn by ballerinas box pleat - a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it culotte - a divided skirt full skirt - a long skirt gathered at the waist garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" gathered skirt - a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist grass skirt - a skirt made of long blades of grass hobble skirt - a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914 kick pleat - pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking kilt - a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland lavalava - a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans) maxi - a long skirt ending below the calf overskirt - an outer skirt worn over another skirt placket - a piece of cloth sewn under an opening sarong - a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper, zip - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab sunburst pleat, sunray pleat - knife pleat cut on the bias to produce a flared effect hemline - the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat | |
| 3. |  skirt - (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collarFungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi - the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus partial veil - membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap | |
| 4. |  skirt - informal terms for a (young) woman | |
| Verb | 1. | skirt - 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" beg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| 2. | skirt - pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast" | |
| 3. | skirt - form the edge of | |
| 4. | skirt - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" fringe - decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress" cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden" inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" hem in - surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden |
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skirt
verb
1. border, edge, lie alongside, line, fringe, flank We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of the hill.
2. (often with around or round) go round, bypass, walk round, circumvent She skirted around the edge of the room to the door.
3. (often with around or round) avoid, dodge, evade, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, detour, fail to mention, body-swerve (Scot.) They have, until now, skirted around the issue.
noun
1. (often plural) border, edge, margin, fringe, outskirts, rim, hem, periphery, purlieus the skirts of the hill
Skirts
A-line, button-through, crinoline, dirndl, divided skirt, drop-waisted, filibeg, fillibeg, or philibeg, full skirt, fustanella or fustanelle, gaberdine or gabardine, grass skirt, half-slip or waist-slip, hobble skirt, hoop skirt, kilt, lava-lava, maxiskirt, microskirt, midiskirt, miniskirt, overskirt, pencil skirt, petticoat, puffball skirt, ra-ra skirt, riding skirt, sarong, tutu, underskirt, wrapover or wraproundCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
skirt
nounverb
2. To pass around but not through:
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Translations
تَنّورهجَونَلَةحافَّه، طَرَف
sukně
nederdelskørt
hamereunusreunustaaympäröidä
suknjažena
aljszoknya
pils
スカート
스커트
sijonas
svārkisvārku daļa
sukňa
krilo
kjol
กระโปรง
eteketeklik
váy ngắn
skirt
[skɜːt]A. N → falda f, pollera f (LAm); [of coat etc] → faldón m
flared/split/straight skirt → falda f acampanada/pantalón/estrecha or recta
flared/split/straight skirt → falda f acampanada/pantalón/estrecha or recta
B. VT (also skirt around) → rodear, dar la vuelta a (fig) (= avoid) → esquivar
we skirted Seville to the north → pasamos al norte de Sevilla
we skirted Seville to the north → pasamos al norte de Sevilla
C. VI to skirt around = B
D. CPD skirt length N → tela f suficiente para una falda
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
skirt
[ˈskɜːrt] n (= garment) → jupe f
vt
(= go around) → longer
(= avoid) [+ issue, problem] → contourner
skirt around
skirt round vt fus (= go around) → contourner
(= avoid) [+ issue, problem] → contournerskirting board n (British) → plinthe fski run n → piste f de skiski slope n → piste f de skiski stick n → bâton m de skiski-suit ski suit [ˈskisuːt] n → combinaison f de ski
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
skirt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
skirt
(skəːt) noun1. a garment, worn by women, that hangs from the waist. Was she wearing trousers or a skirt?
2. the lower part of a dress, coat etc. a dress with a flared skirt.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
skirt
→ جَونَلَة sukně nederdel Rock φούστα falda hame jupe suknja gonna スカート 스커트 rok skjørt spódnica saia юбка kjol กระโปรง etek váy ngắn 裙子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
skirt
n. falda.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
skirt
n faldaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.