- 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. - A loose edging to any part of a dress. - Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything - A petticoat. - The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
2 . Skirt
[ v. t.]
- To cover with a skirt; to surround. - To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along
the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. - To be on the border; to live near the border, or
extremity.
Meaning of 'skirt' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . skirt
[ v]
Meaning (1): - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Example in sentence:
He dodged the issue;
he evaded the questions skillfully;
she skirted the problem;
They tend to evade their responsibilities
Meaning (2): - pass around or about; move along the border
Example in sentence:
The boat skirted the coast
Meaning (3): - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle