| 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 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. 4. An outer edge; a border or margin: a base camp on the skirt of the mountain. 5. skirts The edge, as of a town; the outskirts. 6. 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. [Middle English, from Old Norse skyrta, shirt; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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. (Engineering / Aeronautics) Also called apron a frieze or circular flap, as round the base of a hovercraft
4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / 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. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) NZ the lower part of a sheep's fleece
bit of skirt Slang a girl or woman
vb
1. (tr) to form the edge of
2. (tr) to provide with a border
3. (when intr, foll by around, along, etc.) to pass (by) or be situated (near) the outer edge of (an area, etc.)
4. (tr) to avoid (a difficulty, etc.) he skirted the issue
5. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) Chiefly Austral and NZ to remove the trimmings or inferior wool from (a fleece)
[from Old Norse skyrta shirt]
skirted adj
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 collar Fungi, 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 |
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
(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 wrapround Translations
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
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] → contourner
skirting board n (British) → plinthe f
ski run n → piste f de ski
ski slope n → piste f de ski
ski stick n → bâton m de ski
ski-suit ski suit [ˈskisuːt] n → combinaison f de ski
skirting board n (British) → plinthe f
ski run n → piste f de ski
ski slope n → piste f de ski
ski stick n → bâton m de ski
ski-suit ski suit [ˈskisuːt] n → combinaison f de ski
skirt
skirt [skɜːt]
skirt [skɜːt]
1. n → gonna
2. vt
a. (road, path) → fiancheggiare, costeggiare
skirt [skɜːt]
1. n → gonna
2. vt
a. (road, path) → fiancheggiare, costeggiare
n skirt [skəːt]
1 a garment, worn by women, that hangs from the waist Was she wearing trousers or a skirt? romp تَنّوره пола sukně nederdel der Rock φούστα falda seelik دامن hame jupe חֲצָאִית घाघरा suknja, podsuknja szoknya rok pils gonna スカート 스커트 sijonas svārki skirt rok skjørt spódnica saia fustă юбка sukňa krilo suknja kjol กระโปรง etek, eteklik 裙子 спідниця گھیر دار سایہ جو کمر سے نیچے لٹکتا ہے váy, áo đầm của phụ nữ 裙子
2 the lower part of a dress, coat etc a dress with a flared skirt. romp حافَّه، طَرَف фуста sukně skørt der Rock το κάτω μέρος γυναικείου ενδύματος falda seelikuosa حاشيه hameosa jupe חֲצָאִית के किनारे किनारे चलना skut, suknja alj bagian bawah gaun pils gonna すそ (코트 등의) 자락 sijonas (apģērba) svārku daļa skirt rok skjørt spódnica saia margine юбка; подол sukňa krilo suknja skört ชายเสื้อ etek 衣服下擺 пола, поділ کسی لباس کا نیچے کا حصہ vạt áo 衣服下摆
skirt → جونلة 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
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