Skirt

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1 Etymology

2 Noun

3 Translations

4 Verb

5 Translations

Etymology

Middle English and Old Norse skyrt.

Noun

an article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
the part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.
something resembling a skirt.
[slang]: a woman.
a part that serves as a border or edging.

Translations

Dutch: rok m (1,2)
Esperanto: jupo (1,2)
Finnish: hame (1,2,3)
French: jupe f (1,2)
Interlingua: gonna (1,2)
Portuguese: saia f (1,2,3); rabo-de-saia m (4); borda f (5)
Slovak: sukňa f (1)
Spanish: falda f (1,2)
Swedish: kjol (1,2), kjoltyg? (4)

Verb

skirt (Inflected forms: skirted, skirting, skirts)

to be on or form the border of.
to move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.

Translations

Dutch: omzomen, omcirkelen
Esperanto: preteriri
Interlingua: costear, contornar (2)
Portuguese: beirar (1); rodear, contornar (2)

WordNet Definitions

three

1. skirt -- (cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist).
2. skirt -- (a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women).
3. dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird -- (informal terms for a (young) woman).

four

1. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (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").
2. skirt -- (pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast").
3. skirt -- (form the edge of).
4. surround, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property").

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