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List of meaning for skirt

skirt is to go around something instead of directly through it

skirt(noun)

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

skirt(noun)

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

annulus, skirt(noun)

(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird(verb)

informal terms for a (young) woman

hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep(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"

skirt(verb)

pass around or about; move along the border

"The boat skirted the coast"

skirt(verb)

form the edge of

surround, environ, ring, skirt, border(verb)

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

"The forest surrounds my property"

the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something

an old shack on the skirts of the town

an adult female human being

met up with a couple of skirts at the diner

to avoid by going around

skirted the construction zone

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness

the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations

to be adjacent to

the commercial district skirts the river's edge

to serve as a border for

the wooden fence that skirts the construction site

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