n. | 1. | The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; |
2. | A loose edging to any part of a dress. | |
3. | Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything | |
4. | A petticoat. | |
5. | The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cover with a skirt; to surround. |
2. | To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; | |
1. | To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity. |
Noun | 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. | 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" |
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" |