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| NOUN | 1 | skirt | Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist |
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| 2 | skirt | A garment hanging from the waist | |
| 3 | skirt, dame, doll, wench, chick, bird | Informal terms for a (young) woman | |
| VERB | 1 | skirt, hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, dodge, duck, sidestep | Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| 2 | skirt | Pass around or about | |
| 3 | skirt | Form the edge of | |
| 4 | skirt, surround, border | Extend on all sides of simultaneously |
| Sounds | sker't |
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| Rhymes | Albert, alert, assert, and 68 more rhymes in ert... |
| Meaning | Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist. |
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| Part of | garment |
| Parts | lap, lap covering; seat |
| Broader | cloth covering |
| Meaning | A garment hanging from the waist. Worn mainly by girls and women. |
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| Parts | box pleat; kick pleat; placket; slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener; sunburst pleat, sunray pleat; hemline |
| Broader | garment |
| Narrower | ballet skirt, tutu; culotte; full skirt; gathered skirt; grass skirt; hobble skirt; hoopskirt, crinoline; kilt; lavalava; maxi; miniskirt, mini; overskirt; sarong |
| Meaning | Informal terms for a (young) woman. |
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| Synonyms | dame, doll, wench, chick, bird |
| Broader | girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille |
| Meaning | Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "she skirted the problem" |
| Synonyms | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, dodge, duck, sidestep |
| Broader | avoid |
| Narrower | quibble |
| Meaning | Pass around or about. Move along the border. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The boat skirted the coast" |
| Broader | travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass |
| Meaning | Form the edge of. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Broader | bound, border |
| Meaning | Extend on all sides of simultaneously. Encircle. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | surround, border |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact |
| Narrower | fringe; girdle, gird; enclose, close in, inclose, shut in; hem in |
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