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skirt::verb | Spocien Dictionary

skirt

/skɜrt/

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Type	Words
Synonyms	circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep
Type of	avoid
Has types	quibble, beg

she skirted the problem.

skirt::verb | Spocien Dictionary

skirt

/skɜrt/

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

Type	Words
Synonyms	border, environ, ring, surround
Type of	meet, contact, touch, adjoin
Has types	girdle, enclose, gird, shut in, inclose, hem in, cloister, close in, fringe

skirt::noun | Spocien Dictionary

skirt

/skɜrt/

informal terms for a (young) woman

Type	Words
Synonyms	bird, chick, dame, doll, wench
Type of	fille, missy, young lady, girl, young woman, miss

skirt::noun | Spocien Dictionary

skirt

/skɜrt/

(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

Type	Words
Synonyms	annulus
Type of	plant structure, plant part

skirt::noun | Spocien Dictionary

skirt

/skɜrt/

a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

Type	Words
Type of	garment
Has types	kilt, overskirt, full skirt, mini, lavalava, maxi, tutu, miniskirt, ballet skirt, gathered skirt, sarong, grass skirt, crinoline, hobble skirt, culotte, hoopskirt

skirt::noun | Spocien Dictionary

skirt

/skɜrt/

cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

Type	Words
Type of	cloth covering

skirt::verb | Spocien Dictionary

skirt

/skɜrt/

form the edge of

Type	Words
Type of	border, bound

skirt::verb | Spocien Dictionary

skirt

/skɜrt/

pass around or about; move along the border

Type	Words
Type of	travel by, go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass

The boat skirted the coast.