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skirt

Nouns

• (n) cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
• (n) a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
• (n) (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar annulus,
• (n) informal terms for a (young) woman dame, wench, chick, doll, bird,

Verbs

• (v) 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
  evade, hedge, sidestep, fudge, parry, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put off,
• (v) pass around or about; move along the border
  • The boat skirted the coast
• (v) form the edge of
• (v) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
  • The forest surrounds my property
  border, environ, surround, ring,

Synonyms

evade hedge sidestep fudge parry circumvent dodge elude duck put off annulus border environ surround ring dame wench chick doll bird

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