Skirt

Noun1.skirt - cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
cloth 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, culottes - 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
crinoline, hoopskirt - a skirt stiffened with hoops
kick pleat - pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking
kilt - a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men in the Highlands of northern Scotland
lavalava - a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worm by Polynesians (especially Samoans)
miniskirt - a very short skirt
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 - informal terms for a (young) woman
fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
Verb1.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"
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"
go past, pass by, travel by, go by, pass, surpass - pass by; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
3.skirt - form the edge of
border, bound - form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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"
girdle, gird - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"
inclose, shut in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"
hem in - surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

 

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