Found 3 items, similar to Skirt.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: skirt
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: skirt
skirt
n 1: cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the
waist
2: a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and
women
3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn:
dame,
doll,
wench,
chick,
bird]
skirt
v 1: 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”
[syn:
hedge,
fudge,
evade,
put off,
circumvent,
parry,
elude,
dodge,
duck,
sidestep]
2: pass around or about; move along the border;
“The boat
skirted the coast”
3: form the edge of
4: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle;
“The forest
surrounds my property” [syn:
surround,
border]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Skirt
Skirt
\Skirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Skirting.]
1. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
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Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold.
--Milton.
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2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the
edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
“When sundown skirts the moor.” --Tennyson.
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Skirt
\Skirt\, v. t.
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
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Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers.
--S. S. Smith.
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Skirt
\Skirt\, n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta
a shirt, Sw. sk["o]rt a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See
Shirt.]
1. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like
garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a
coat, a dress, or a mantle.
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2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.]
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A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen,
which runs along the upper part of the stays before,
and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker,
is called the modesty piece. --Addison.
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3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
“Here in
the skirts of the forest.” --Shak.
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4. A petticoat.
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5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. --Dunglison.
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