skirts

[skirt]

Unlike pants, which fully cover each of your legs separately, a skirt is basically a single piece of fabric covering part of your legs. If you want to show a little leg, wear a skirt!

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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.

Noun
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

Noun
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

Noun
informal terms for a (young) woman

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"

Verb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"

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Verb
pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"

Verb
form the edge of


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.
A loose edging to any part of a dress.

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

n.
A petticoat.

n.
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.

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.


Skirt

Skirt , n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. sk'94rt 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. 2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.]
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.
3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything "Here in the skirts of the forest." Shak. 4. A petticoat. 5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. Dunglison.

Skirt

Skirt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.] 1. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold.
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.

Skirt

Skirt, v. t. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers.

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.

To cover with a skirt; to surround.

To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.

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Usage Examples

I'm tired of being around men all the time. I'm going to start a band called Skirt with three girls and I'll play the guitar and sing backing vocals in drag. I went window shopping when I was in New York, saw a lot of amazing dresses.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.

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