skirt

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; ballet skirt, tutu
very short skirt worn by ballerinas; culotte
a divided skirt; full skirt
a long skirt gathered at the waist; gathered skirt
a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist; grass skirt
a skirt made of long blades of grass; hobble skirt
a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914; crinoline, hoopskirt
a skirt stiffened with hoops; kilt
a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland; lavalava
a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans); maxi
a long skirt ending below the calf; mini, miniskirt
a very short skirt; overskirt
an outer skirt worn over another skirt; sarong
a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific; dirndl
a full skirt with a gathered waistband

Types:: show 24 types...; hide 24 types...; fringe
decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; gird, girdle
put a girdle on or around; cloister
surround with a cloister; close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
surround completely; hem in
surround in a restrictive manner; cloister
surround with a cloister, as of a garden; insert, tuck
fit snugly into; wall in, wall up
enclose with a wall; bower, embower
enclose in a bower; enshrine, shrine
enclose in a shrine; case, encase, incase
enclose in, or as if in, a case; bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; border, frame, frame in
enclose in or as if in a frame; glass, glass in
enclose with glass; bank
enclose with a bank; dike, dyke
enclose with a dike; encapsulate
enclose in a capsule or other small container; fence, fence in
enclose with a fence; cordon off, rope in, rope off
divide by means of a rope; casket
enclose in a casket; corral
enclose in a corral; fort, fortify
enclose by or as if by a fortification; hedge, hedge in
enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; hedge
hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

Type of:: adjoin, contact, meet, touch
be in direct physical contact with; make contact

“The boat skirted the coast”

“she skirted the problem”

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

Types:: beg
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; quibble
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

Type of:: avoid
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

DEFINITIONS OF: skirt