Definitions of Skirt [ɜrt]

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Definition of 'Skirt'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) skirt
the part of a gown, dress, or coat that extends downward from the waist.

2.  skirt
a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn esp. by women and girls.

3.  skirt
some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell.

4.  skirt
a small leather flap on each side of a saddle, covering the metal bar from which the stirrup hangs.

5.  skirt
a cloth flounce or valance fitting around the sides of a bed, couch, or chair, as to conceal the legs.

6.  skirt
Usu., skirts. the bordering, marginal, or outlying part of a place, group, etc.; outskirts.

7. (v.t.) skirt
to lie on or along the border of:
The hills skirt the town.

8.  skirt
to pass along or around the border or edge of:
Traffic skirts the monument.

9.  skirt
to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from (something controversial, risky, etc.).

10.  skirt
to wrap or cover with or as if with a skirt.

11. (v.i.) skirt
to be or lie on or along the edge of something.

12.  skirt
to move along or around the border of something.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME skirte < ON skyrtashirt)

Definition of 'Skirt'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) skirt
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

2. (noun) skirt
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

3. (noun) annulus, skirt
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

4. (verb) dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
informal terms for a (young) woman

5. (verb) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
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"

6. (verb) skirt
pass around or about; move along the border
"The boat skirted the coast"

7. (verb) skirt
form the edge of

8. (verb) surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"

Definition of 'Skirt'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) skirt
a piece of girls' or women's clothing that hangs from the waist and covers part or all of the legs
a long/short skirt

Definition of 'Skirt'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Skirt
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

2. (noun) Skirt
a loose edging to any part of a dress

3. (noun) Skirt
border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything

4. (noun) Skirt
a petticoat

5. (noun) Skirt
the diaphragm, or midriff, in animals

6. (verb) Skirt
to cover with a skirt; to surround

7. (verb) Skirt
to border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees

8. (verb) Skirt
to be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity

Translation of 'Skirt'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a garment, worn by women, that hangs from the waist Was she wearing trousers or a skirt?
Afrikaans: romp	Arabic: تَنّوره	Bulgarian: пола
Brazilian: saia	Czech: sukně	German: der Rock
Danish: nederdel	Greek: φούστα	Spanish: falda
Estonian: seelik	Farsi: دامن	Finnish: hame
French: jupe	Hebrew: חֲצָאִית	Hindi: घाघरा
Croatian: suknja, podsuknja	Hungarian: szoknya	Indonesian: rok
Icelandic: pils	Italian: gonna	Japanese: スカート
Korean: 스커트	Lithuanian: sijonas	Latvian: svārki
Malay: skirt	Dutch: rok	Norwegian: skjørt
Polish: spódnica	Persian: دامن	Pashto: لمن، په څنډه تيريدل، په څ
Portuguese: saia	Romanian: fustă	Russian: юбка
Slovak: sukňa	Slovenian: krilo	Serbian: suknja
Swedish: kjol	Thai: กระโปรง	Turkish: etek, eteklik
Taiwanese: 裙子	Ukrainian: спідниця	Urdu: گھیر دار سایہ جو کمر سے ن
Vietnamese: váy, áo đầm của phụ nữ	Chinese: 裙子
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