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Meaning of skirt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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: (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature
         mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar [syn: {annulus},
         {skirt}]
      4: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {doll},
         {wench}, {skirt}, {chick}, {bird}]
      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}, {skirt}, {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}, {environ}, {ring},
         {skirt}, {border}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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