1. A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
   "She twirled in her new pleated skirt"
    
2. Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
   "The skirt of his coat was torn"
    
3. (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
   "The presence of a skirt helped identify the mushroom species";
   - annulus
    
4. [informal] A (young) woman regarded as being sexually attractive
   "He referred to his date as a bit of skirt, earning disapproving looks from his colleagues";
   - doll [informal], wench [archaic, informal], chick [informal], bird [informal], dolly bird [informal], bit of skirt [informal], bit of fluff [informal]

1. Pass around or about; move along the border
   "The boat skirted the coast"
    
2. Form the edge of
   "Trees skirted the lake"
    
3. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   "The forest skirts my property";
   - surround, environ, ring, border
    
4. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
   "she skirted the problem";
   - hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, dodge, duck [informal], sidestep, finesse, circumnavigate

Derived forms: skirted, skirting, skirts

Type of: adjoin, avoid, border, bound, cloth covering, contact, fille, garment, girl, go by, go past, meet, miss, missy [informal], pass, pass by, plant part, plant structure, touch, travel by, young lady, young woman

Part of: garment, partial veil

Encyclopedia: Skirt, Hirari