| skirt | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. 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" |
| n. (artifact) | 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 | 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 as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland. |
| ~ lavalava | a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans). |
| ~ maxi | a long skirt ending below the calf. |
| ~ mini, 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. |
| n. (plant) | 3. annulus, skirt | (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar. |
| ~ fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi | the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants. |
| ~ plant part, plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus. |
| ~ partial veil | membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap. |
| n. (person) | 4. bird, chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench | informal terms for a (young) woman. |
| ~ fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman | a young woman.; "a young lady of 18" |
| v. (communication) | 5. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, 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" |
| ~ beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (motion) | 6. skirt | pass around or about; move along the border.; "The boat skirted the coast" |
| ~ go past, pass by, travel by, go by, pass, surpass | move past.; "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" |
| v. (stative) | 7. skirt | form the edge of. |
| ~ border, bound | form the boundary of; be contiguous to. |
| v. (contact) | 8. border, environ, ring, skirt, surround | 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" |
| ~ gird, girdle | put a girdle on or around.; "gird your loins" |
| ~ cloister | surround with a cloister.; "cloister the garden" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| ~ hem in | surround in a restrictive manner.; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" |
| ~ cloister | surround with a cloister, as of a garden. |
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