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skirt
[skurt] 
–noun
| 1. | the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist. |
| 2. | a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn esp. by women and girls. |
| 3. | some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell or a protective and ornamental cloth strip covering the legs of furniture. |
| 4. | a small leather flap on each side of a saddle, covering the metal bar from which the stirrup hangs. |
| 5. | Building Trades.
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| 6. | Also called apron. Furniture.
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| 7. | Usually, skirts. the bordering, marginal, or outlying part of a place, group, etc.; the outskirts. |
| 8. | Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a woman or girl. |
| 9. | Rocketry. an outer part of a rocket or missile that provides structural support or houses such systems as avionics or gyroscopes. |
–verb (used with object)
| 10. | to lie on or along the border of: The hills skirt the town. |
| 11. | to border, wrap, or cover with a skirt or something suggesting a skirt in appearance or function. |
| 12. | to pass along or around the border or edge of: Traffic skirts the town. |
| 13. | to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from (something that is controversial, risky, etc.): The senator skirted the issue. |
| 14. | to remove low-grade wool and foreign matter from (the outer edge of fleece). |
–verb (used without object)
| 15. | to be or lie on or along the edge of something. |
| 16. | to move along or around the border of something. |
Related forms:
skirtless, adjective
skirtlike, adjective
Synonyms:
13. evade, shun, circle, bypass.
13. evade, shun, circle, bypass.
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