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skirt
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- pronunciation:
- skuhrt
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a woman's or girl's garment that hangs from the waist.
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| definition 2: |
the part of a garment such as a dress or jacket that hangs down from the waist.
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| definition 3: |
(offensive slang) a woman.
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| related words: |
woman |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
skirts, skirting, skirted |
| definition 1: |
to edge or go around.
I skirted the meadow.- similar words:
- border, bypass, circumvent, coast, verge
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| definition 2: |
to go around rather than through or into.
The road skirts the city.- similar words:
- circumvent, rim
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| definition 3: |
to avoid or evade.
He skirted the subject of his debts.- similar words:
- circumvent
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| related words: |
avoid, border, bound, escape, obviate, round |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to border or go along the edge of something.
- similar words:
- bound
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| related words: |
coast, halt |
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