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skirt

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cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar(noun.plant)

Synonym:
annulus

source: wordnet30
informal terms for a (young) woman(noun.person)

Synonym:
bird, chick, dame, doll, wench

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)(verb.communication)

Example:
She skirted the problem.

Synonym:
circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep

source: wordnet30
pass around or about; move along the border(verb.motion)

Example:
The boat skirted the coast.

source: wordnet30
form the edge of(verb.stative)

source: wordnet30
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle(verb.contact)

Synonym:
border, environ, ring, surround

source: wordnet30
To cover with a skirt; to surround.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.(verb)

source: webster1913

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