Skirt
[skɜːt] or [skɝt]
Definition
(noun.) a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women.
(noun.) cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist.
(verb.) pass around or about; move along the border; 'The boat skirted the coast'.
(verb.) form the edge of.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress.
(n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
(n.) A petticoat.
(n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
(v. t.) To cover with a skirt; to surround.
(v. t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
(v. t.) To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Flap, loose part (of a garment below the waist).[2]. Petticoat.[3]. Edge, border, margin, verge, rim, extreme part.
v. a. Border, form the border or edge of.
Editor: Seth
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:border, trim, confine, bound, surround, encircle
ANT:Penetrate, enter, interpenetrate
Typist: Ralph
Definition
n. the part of a garment below the waist: a woman's garment like a petticoat: the edge of any part of the dress: border: margin: extreme part.—v.t. to border: to form the edge of.—v.i. to be on the border: to live near the extremity.—ns. Skirt′-danc′ing a form of ballet-dancing in which the flowing skirts are waved about in the hands; Skir′ter a huntsman who dodges his jumps by going round about; Skir′ting strong material made up in lengths for women's skirts: skirting-board; Skir′ting-board the narrow board next the floor round the walls of a room.—Divided skirt a skirt in the form of loose trousers.
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Examples
- Mr. Chopper said, catching the Captain by the skirt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Meg smiled and relented, and whispered as they stood waiting to catch the time, Take care my skirt doesn't trip you up. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At their door she caught her skirt in the step of the carriage, and fell against him. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A bramble caught hold of her skirt, and checked her progress. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Gudrun was all scarlet and royal blue--a scarlet jersey and cap, and a royal blue skirt and stockings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Briarfield lights starred the purple skirt of the moor. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As I passed the tall man who sat by the brazier I felt a sudden pluck at my skirt, and a low voice whispered, Walk past me, and then look back at me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Step into this neat garden-house on the skirts of Whinbury, walk forward into the little parlour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The brushing of skirts and elbows, sometimes the bumping of shoulders, could be heard against the very panels. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Is it there that the men wear skirts as do the women? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Two or three times, by the way, I thought I observed in the indistinct light the skirts of a female figure going up before us. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- What provoking burr has been inconveniently attracted to the charming skirts, and with difficulty shaken off? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thereupon all the young ladies rose and began shaking their skirts out behind. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But it seems to me that with enough _cojones_ you would not wear skirts. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She skirted the bank and went round to the wicket before the house, where she stood motionless, looking at the scene. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I had been looking at the road that skirted the shore for guards but did not see any. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But he was still dizzy with the glimpse of the precipice they had skirted, and full of a new awe at the mystery of young-girlhood. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was the figure of an old man with a bowed head, wearing a large brimmed low-crowned hat, and a long-skirted coat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She did not turn her head to look at a group of dark creatures further on, who fled from her presence as she skirted a ravine where they fed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A thick wood skirted the meadow-land in another direction; but they could not have gained that covert for the same reason. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The coat was wide-skirted; and in that respect like _the_ coat, but, oh how different! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- From Valencia, the homeward course will be continued, skirting along the coast of Spain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sometimes, we strike into the skirting mud, to avoid the stones that clatter us and shake us; sometimes, we stick in ruts and sloughs there. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I already knew that the papers were probably in the room, but I had no desire to rip up all the planking and skirting in search of them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible; its broad disk just skirting the horizon, and diffusing a perpetual splendour. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We spent one pleasant day skirting along the Isles of Greece. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Skirting its southern border rises Little Hermon, over whose summit a glimpse of Gilboa is caught. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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