The meaning of Skirt

Skirt – definition

noun
A garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs, worn by women and girls.
Usage examples:
After a swim, put on the wrap skirt over your bikini or swim suit, and go for a drink.
noun
A surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft.
Usage examples:
Sprung armour side skirts protect the wheels and tracks.
noun
An animal's diaphragm and other membranes as food.
Usage examples:
Bits of beef skirt
noun
Women regarded as objects of sexual desire.
Usage examples:
He was here, with her this very instant, and he wasn't leaving to go chase some skirt.
noun
A small flap on a saddle, covering the bar from which the stirrup leather hangs.
Usage examples:
I pulled myself slowly into the saddle, arranging the skirts carefully.

verb
Go round or past the edge of.
Usage examples:
He did not go through the city but skirted it
Synonims:
Go round Move round Walk round Circle Circumnavigate
verb
Attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with.
Usage examples:
They are both skirting the issue
Synonims:
Avoid Evade Steer clear of Sidestep Dodge Circumvent Bypass Pass over Fight shy of Ignore Overlook Gloss over Fail to mention Duck Duck-shove

verb
A garment hanging from the waist

noun
A piece of women’s clothing that hangs from the waist and does not have material between the legs, or the part of a dress below the waist
Usage examples:
She looked good in a skirt and blouse., we were skirting the highways and taking the back roads.

Skirt translation into English

Skirt: translate from English into Chinese

短裙, 裙, 裙子

Skirt: translate from English into Dutch

Rok, Begrenzen, Rand, Mantel, Slip, Zoom, Boord, Vrouwenrok, Meid, Pand, Langs de rand lopen, Omboorden, Buitenwijken, Grens, Omzomen, Uiteinde, Middenrib

Skirt: translate from English into French

Jupe, Contourner, Esquiver, Basque, Éviter, Alentours, Escamoter

Skirt: translate from English into German

Rock, Schoß, Tangieren

Skirt: translate from English into Hindi

स्कर्ट, घघरा, घाघरा, छोर, किनारा, किनारे किनारे चलना, पल्ला, बाज़ रहना, बचना, घेरना, किनारा लगाना, आंचल, कोर

Skirt: translate from English into Italian

Gonna, Costeggiare, Fiancheggiare, Lembo, Rasentare

Skirt: translate from English into Korean

치마, 스커트, 여자, 철판 덮개, 피해서 가다, 언저리를 따라 가다, 장애물을 비켜가다, 가장자리를 따라 가다, 변두리에 있다, 경계에 있다, 가두리를 달다, 옷자락을 달다, 언저리를 지나다, 둘러싸다

Skirt: translate from English into Russian

Юбка, Подол, Край, Обходить, Огибать, Женщина, Пола, Полоса, Юбка изолятора, Бабенка, Быть расположенным на опушке, Идти вдоль края, Проходить стороной, Быть расположенным на краю, Окраина

Skirt: translate from English into Spanish

Falda, Bordear, Saya, Faldones, Gachí, Costear, Rodear a, Dar la vuelta a

Word origin

Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th century.

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Skirt – similar words

skirted

adjective
Having or wearing a skirt of a specified kind.
Usage examples:
A long-skirted dress

verb
Go round or past the edge of.
Usage examples:
He did not go through the city but skirted it

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Skirt synonims

avoid

verb
Keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something).
Usage examples:
Avoid excessive exposure to the sun

All meanings and translations of Avoid

bypass

noun
A road passing round a town or its centre to provide an alternative route for through traffic.
Usage examples:
The opportunity of providing a town centre bypass along the former railway line to the east of the …

verb
Go past or round.
Usage examples:
Bypass the farm and continue to the road

verb
To avoid something by going around it
Usage examples:
Take the highway that bypasses richmond to avoid heavy traffic., fig. posting news on the internet …

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circle

noun
A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).
Usage examples:
Draw a circle with a compass

verb
Move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.
Usage examples:
They were circling athens airport

All meanings and translations of Circle

circumnavigate

verb
Sail or travel all the way around (something, especially the world).
Usage examples:
He undertook to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or less

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circumvent

verb
Find a way around (an obstacle).
Usage examples:
If you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it

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dodge

verb
Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.
Usage examples:
Marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists

noun
A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.
Usage examples:
A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility i managed to avoid at it.

verb
A quick evasive movement

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duck

noun
A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.
Usage examples:
The rear feet of the beaver are large and webbed like a duck's feet, to give the animal good swimmi…

verb
Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen.
Usage examples:
Spectators ducked for cover

noun
A quick lowering of the head.
Usage examples:
Then a quick duck brought him under the demon's arm.

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evade

verb
Escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.
Usage examples:
Friends helped him to evade capture for a time

verb
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing

verb
To avoid something unpleasant or unwanted, or to manage not to do (something that should be done)
Usage examples:
She’s trying to evade my questions., he was convicted of evading taxes.

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ignore

verb
Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.
Usage examples:
He ignored her outraged question

verb
Refuse to acknowledge

verb
To give no attention to something or someone
Usage examples:
They ignored our warnings., the mayor ignored the hecklers and went on with her speech.

All meanings and translations of Ignore

overlook

verb
Fail to notice.
Usage examples:
He seems to have overlooked one important fact

noun
A commanding position or view.
Usage examples:
The overlook to the townsite

verb
To have or give a view of something from above
Usage examples:
Our hotel room overlooked the harbor., his film was nominated for an oscar, but reiner himself was …

All meanings and translations of Overlook

sidestep

verb
Avoid (someone or something) by stepping sideways.
Usage examples:
He sidestepped a defender and crossed the ball

noun
A step taken sideways, typically to avoid someone or something.
Usage examples:
A boxercise workout that incorporates an intricate combination of sidesteps with left and right hooks

verb
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing

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steer clear of

phrase
Take care to avoid or keep away from.
Usage examples:
Steer clear of fatty food

idiom
To avoid someone or something because you think the person or thing may cause trouble or be dangerous
Usage examples:
Davis steered clear of politics because of all the problems his father had had as governor.

All meanings and translations of Steer clear of

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