English > skirt: 8 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women. |
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| Parts | box pleat | A flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it |
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| hemline | The line formed by the lower edge of a skirt / skirt or coat |
| kick pleat | pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking |
| placket | A piece of cloth sewn under an opening |
| slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener | A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
| sunburst pleat, sunray pleat | knife pleat cut on the bias to produce a flared effect |
| Narrower | ballet skirt, tutu | Very short skirt worn by ballerinas |
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| culotte | A divided skirt |
| full skirt | A long skirt gathered at the waist |
| gathered skirt | A skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist |
| grass skirt | A skirt made of long blades of grass |
| hobble skirt | A long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914 |
| hoopskirt, crinoline | A skirt stiffened with hoops |
| kilt | A knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland |
| lavalava | A skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico / calico or printed cotton |
| maxi | A long skirt ending below the calf |
| miniskirt, mini | A very short skirt |
| overskirt | An outer skirt worn over another skirt |
| sarong | A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body |
| Broader | garment | An article of clothing |
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| Spanish | enaguas, falda |
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| Catalan | faldilla |
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English > skirt: 8 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Example | "she skirted the problem" |
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| Synonyms | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, dodge, duck, sidestep |
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| Narrower | beg | Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted |
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| quibble | Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
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| Spanish | eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar, rehuir |
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| Catalan | defugir, eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar |
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English > skirt: 8 senses > verb 4, contact| Meaning | Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | surround, environ, ring, border |
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| Narrower | cloister | Surround with a cloister |
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| cloister | Surround with a cloister, as of a garden |
| enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely |
| fringe | decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe |
| girdle, gird | Put a girdle on or around |
| hem in | Surround in a restrictive manner |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
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| Spanish | cercar, circundar, envolver, rodear |
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| Catalan | circumdar, encerclar, envoltar, rodejar, voltar |
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