skirt
1. cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist (Freq. 4)
• Hypernyms:
cloth covering
• Part Holonyms:
garment
• Part Meronyms:
lap, lap covering, seat
2. a garment hanging from the waist;
worn mainly by girls and women (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
garment
• Hyponyms:
ballet skirt, tutu, culotte, full skirt, gathered skirt,
grass skirt, hobble skirt, hoopskirt, crinoline, kilt, lavalava,
maxi, miniskirt, mini, overskirt, sarong
• Part Meronyms:
box pleat, kick pleat, placket, slide fastener, zip,
zipper, zip fastener, sunburst pleat, sunray pleat, hemline
3. informal terms for a (young) woman
• Syn:
dame, doll, wench, chick, bird
• Hypernyms:
girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
4. (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
• Syn:
annulus
• Topics:
Fungi, kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdom
• Hypernyms:
plant part, plant structure
• Part Holonyms:
partial veil
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (Freq. 2)
- 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, dodge, duck, sidestep
• Derivationally related forms:
dodge (for: dodge), dodger (for: dodge), dodging (for: dodge), circumvention (for: circumvent), evasion (for: evade), hedge (for: hedge), hedger (for: hedge), hedging (for: hedge)
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Hyponyms:
beg, quibble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. pass around or about;
move along the border (Freq. 1)
- The boat skirted the coast
• Hypernyms:
travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. form the edge of
• Hypernyms:
bound, border
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. extend on all sides of simultaneously;
encircle
- The forest surrounds my property
• Syn:
surround, environ, ring, border
• Derivationally related forms:
border (for: border), surround (for: surround), surroundings (for: surround)
• Hypernyms:
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
• Hyponyms:
fringe, girdle, gird, cloister, enclose,
close in, inclose, shut in, hem in
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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