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    skirt
    /skərt/

    noun

    • 1. a garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs, worn by women and girls.
    • 2. a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft.

    verb

    • 1. go round or past the edge of: "he did not go through the city but skirted it" Similar go aroundmove aroundwalk aroundcircle
    • 2. attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with: "they are both skirting the issue" Similar avoidevadesteer clear ofsidestep

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  2. The meaning of SKIRT is a free-hanging part of an outer garment or undergarment extending from the waist down. How to use skirt in a sentence.

  3. Unlike pants, which fully cover each of your legs separately, a skirt is basically a single piece of fabric covering part of your legs. If you want to show a little leg, wear a skirt! Skirts can be very short (like a miniskirt) or so long they drag on the ground. Long ago, skirt was also rude slang for a young woman.

  4. a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn especially by women and girls. some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell or a protective and ornamental cloth strip covering the legs of furniture.

  5. a piece of clothing that hangs from the waist and covers some or all of the legs, usually worn by women and girls: She wore a denim skirt and a white shirt. a long / short skirt. Ratana21/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. Fewer examples. The skirt fits tightly over the hips and flares just below the knees.

  6. Skirt Definition. That part of a dress, coat, robe, etc. that hangs below the waist. A woman's or girl's garment of varying length that hangs down from the waist.

  7. Definition of skirt noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Something that skirts an area is situated around the edge of it. We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill. American English : skirt / ˈskɜrt /

  9. SKIRT definition: 1. a piece of women's clothing that hangs from the waist and has no legs 2. to avoid talking about…. Learn more.

  10. skirt. noun. /skərt/. enlarge image. [countable] a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that hangs from the waist a long/short/straight/pleated, etc. skirt. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

  11. skirt meaning, definition, what is skirt: a piece of outer clothing worn by women ...: Learn more.

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