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1. A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
    
2. Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
    
3. (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
   - annulus
    
4. [informal] A (young) woman regarded as being sexually attractive
   - doll [informal], wench [archaic, informal], chick [informal], bird [informal], dolly bird [informal], bit of skirt [informal], bit of fluff [informal]

1. 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
    
2. Pass around or about; move along the border
   "The boat skirted the coast"
    
3. Form the edge of
    
4. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   "The forest skirts my property";
   - surround, environ, ring, border

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