What does Skirt mean?
Definitions for Skirt
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Skirt.
Princeton's WordNet
skirtnoun
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
skirtnoun
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
annulus, skirtnoun
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, birdverb
informal terms for a (young) woman
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb
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"
skirtverb
pass around or about; move along the border
"The boat skirted the coast"
skirtverb
form the edge of
surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
Wiktionary
skirtnoun
The part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.
skirtnoun
A woman.
skirtnoun
A part that serves as a border or edging.
skirtverb
To be on or form the border of.
skirtverb
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
Etymology: From skyrta, from skurtijōn. Compare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Skirtnoun
Etymology: skiorte, Swedish.
It’s but a nightgown in respect of yours; cloth of gold and cuts, side sleeves and skirts, round underborne with a bluish tinsel. William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing.
As Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the shirt of his mantle, and it rent. 1 Sa. xv. 27.
A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty-piece. Addison.
He should seat himself at Athie, upon the skirt of that unquiet country. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
Ye mists, that rise
From hill or steaming lake, dusky or grey,
’Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold,
In honour to the world’s great Author rise. John Milton.Though I fled him angry, yet recall’d
To life prolong’d, and promis’d race, I now
Gladly behold, though but his utmost skirts
Of glory, and far off his steps adore. John Milton, Parad. Lost.The northern skirts that join to Syria have entered into the conquests or commerce of the four great empires; but that which seems to have secured the other is the stony and sandy desarts, through which no army can pass. William Temple.
Upon the skirts
Of Arragon our squander’d troops he rallies. Dryden.To Skirtverb
To border; to run along the edge.
Etymology: from the noun.
Temple skirteth this hundred on the waste side. Carew.
Of all these bounds,
With shadowy forests and with champions rich’d,
With plenteous rivers and wide skirted meads,
We make thee lady. William Shakespeare.The middle pair
Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. John Milton.A spacious circuit on the hill there stood,
Level and wide, and skirted round with wood. Addison.
Wikipedia
Skirt
A skirt is the lower part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards.At its simplest, a skirt can be a draped garment made out of a single piece of fabric (such as pareos). However, most skirts are fitted to the body at the waist or hips and fuller below, with the fullness introduced by means of darts, gores, pleats, or panels. Modern skirts are usually made of light to mid-weight fabrics, such as denim, jersey, worsted, or poplin. Skirts of thin or clingy fabrics are often worn with slips to make the material of the skirt drape better and for modesty. In modern times, skirts are very commonly worn by women and girls. Some exceptions include the izaar, worn by many Muslim cultures, and the kilt, a traditional men's garment in Scotland, Ireland, and sometimes England. Fashion designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Kenzo and Marc Jacobs have also shown men's skirts. Transgressing social codes, Gaultier frequently introduces the skirt into his men's wear collections as a means of injecting novelty into male attire, most famously the sarong seen on David Beckham.The hemline of skirts can vary from micro to floor-length and can vary according to cultural conceptions of modesty and aesthetics as well as the wearer's personal taste, which can be influenced by such factors as fashion and social context. Most skirts are complete garments, but some skirt-looking panels may be part of another garment such as leggings, shorts, and swimsuits.
ChatGPT
skirt
A skirt is a piece of clothing that is worn around the waist and hangs down covering part or all of the lower body. It is typically a garment worn by women, but in some cultures and historical periods, it has also been worn by men. Skirts can vary in length, design, and style, from mini to maxi skirts, pleated to pencil styles. They may be separate pieces or part of a one-piece dress.
Webster Dictionary
Skirtnoun
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
Skirtnoun
a loose edging to any part of a dress
Skirtnoun
border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
Skirtnoun
a petticoat
Skirtnoun
the diaphragm, or midriff, in animals
Skirtverb
to cover with a skirt; to surround
Skirtverb
to border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees
Skirtverb
to be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity
Etymology: [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skrt a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]
Wikidata
Skirt
A skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped garment that hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs. In the western world, skirts are usually considered women's clothing. However, there are exceptions. The kilt is a traditional men's garment in Scotland and Ireland, and some fashion designers, such as Jean-Paul Gaultier, have shown men's skirts. At its simplest, a skirt can be a draped garment made out of a single piece of material, but most skirts are fitted to the body at the waist and fuller below, with the fullness introduced by means of dart, gores, pleats, or panels. Modern skirts are usually made of light to mid-weight fabrics, such as denim, jersey, worsted, or poplin. Skirts of thin or clingy fabrics are often worn with slips to make the material of the skirt drape better and for modesty. The hemline of skirts varies according to the personal taste of the wearer which can be influenced by such factors as social context, fashion, and cultural conceptions of modesty. Some medieval upper-class women wore skirts over three metres in diameter at the bottom. At the other extreme, the miniskirts of the 1960s were minimal garments that may have barely covered the underwear when seated.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Skirt
skėrt, n. the part of a garment below the waist: a woman's garment like a petticoat: the edge of any part of the dress: border: margin: extreme part.—v.t. to border: to form the edge of.—v.i. to be on the border: to live near the extremity.—ns. Skirt′-danc′ing, a form of ballet-dancing in which the flowing skirts are waved about in the hands; Skir′ter, a huntsman who dodges his jumps by going round about; Skir′ting, strong material made up in lengths for women's skirts: skirting-board; Skir′ting-board, the narrow board next the floor round the walls of a room.—Divided skirt, a skirt in the form of loose trousers. [Scand., Ice. skyrta, a shirt. A doublet of shirt.]
Rap Dictionary
skirtnoun
A female.
Editors Contribution
skirt
A form of clothing.
The school skirt was modest and practical.
Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Skirt' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3884
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Skirt' in Nouns Frequency: #1815
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Anagrams for Skirt »
stirk
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Skirt in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Skirt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Skirt in a Sentence
We need to weed out those who risk our national security, embarrass the county, and skirt the law, this needs to end.
Bea came from a New York stage point of view, rue McClanahan always had what we call ‘ the fourth wall. ’ And Betty came from a television point of view. She would flirt with the audience, and pull up her skirt and say, ‘ Hi, sailor. ’ But Bea never acknowledged the audience.
That kind of hit me with the idea, if I could ship that back to [June], that just might give her some indication where I was. So, I packaged it up and shipped it to her and about two or three weeks [later], I got back a beautiful lady in a grass skirt. Well, that message went through, and we got the answer.
The pandemic showed that the leaders in the Islamic Republic always want to skirt responsibility, and there was plenty of blame-shifting on this occasion, the regime is desperate for hard cash; it has looked to any and all sources possible.
The Ferguson Commission report:
We believe that if we attempt to skirt the difficult truths, if we try to avoid talking about race, if we stop talking about Ferguson, as many in the region would like us to, then we can not move forward.
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Translations for Skirt
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- جوب, جونلة, وزرة, خراطة, تنورةArabic
- спадніцаBelarusian
- пола, фустаBulgarian
- faldillaCatalan, Valencian
- sukně, ženskáCzech
- sgertWelsh
- nederdel, skørtDanish
- Saum, Rock, umrunden, umgehen, Schurz, WeiberrockGerman
- φουστάνι, φούσταGreek
- jupoEsperanto
- enaguas, pollera, saya, faldaSpanish
- hõlmEstonian
- gonaBasque
- دامن, دامن دوختPersian
- hame, helma, ympäröidä, reunustaa, reunusFinnish
- skjúrt, niðurparturFaroese
- jupeFrench
- sciortaIrish
- saia, faldraGalician
- חצאיתHebrew
- स्कर्टHindi
- alj, szoknyaHungarian
- կիսաշրջազգեստArmenian
- gonna, costear, contornarInterlingua
- rokIndonesian
- jupoIdo
- pilsIcelandic
- gonnaItalian
- スカートJapanese
- 스커트, 치마Korean
- JupeLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- svārkiLatvian
- takuMāori
- сукња, здолница, здолништеMacedonian
- dublettMaltese
- rok, begrenzenDutch
- skjørtNorwegian
- tłʼaakałNavajo, Navaho
- spódnicaPolish
- borda, rodear, contornar, rabo-de-saia, saiaPortuguese
- fustăRomanian
- граница, ограничивать, юбкаRussian
- сукња, suknja, жена, graničiti, žena, граничитиSerbo-Croatian
- සායSinhala, Sinhalese
- sukňaSlovak
- kriloSlovene
- kjol, kjoltygSwedish
- పరికిణిTelugu
- กระโปรงThai
- etekTurkish
- спідницяUkrainian
- سکرٹUrdu
- váyVietnamese
- juüpVolapük
- 短裙Chinese
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