skirt´like´

skirt´like´: skirt «skurt», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a woman's or girl's outer garment that hangs from the waist: »The triangle flare skirt is fully lined…to give it a majestic sweep from a tiny waist to the billowed hem (New Yorker).

2. the part of a dress that hangs from the waist.

3. = petticoat. (Cf. ↑petticoat)

4. something like a skirt: »the skirts of a man's long coat.

5. Slang. a woman or girl: »She's as nice a looking skirt as there is in town (Sinclair Lewis).

6. Figurative. a border; edge: »The rabbits fed on the skirts of the field. ... a few heavy drops from the skirt of the passing cloud (Francis Parkman).

7. Figurative. the outer part of a place, group of people, or anything like it; outskirts: »The school is…built right on the summer colony's skirts (Wall Street Journal).

8. one of the flaps hanging from the sides of a saddle.

9. British. a cut of beef from the flank.

–v.t.

1. to border; edge: »Those vast and trackless forests that skirted the settlements... (Washington Irving).

2. to pass along the border, edge, or side of: »to skirt a swamp. The boys skirted the forest instead of going through it.

3. to be, lie, or live, along the border of: »Figurative. So is man's narrow path By strength and terror skirted (Emerson).

–v.i.

1. to pass along the border or edge: »to skirt around a swamp. Then I set off up the valley, skirting along one side of it (Richard D. Blackmore).

2. to be, lie, or live, along the border, as of a place: »A sandy desert…skirts along the doubtful confine of Syria (Edward Gibbon).

╂[< Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic skyrta shirt, skirt, kirtle). Compare etym. under shirt. (Cf. ↑shirt)]

–skirt´er, noun.

–skirt´like´, adjective.

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skirt´er — skirt «skurt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a woman s or girl s outer garment that hangs from the waist: »The triangle flare skirt is fully lined…to give it a majestic sweep from a tiny waist to the billowed hem (New Yorker). 2. the part of a dress that… … Useful english dictionary
Skirt — For the cut of beef, see skirt steak. Polka dot skirt on a hanger. A skirt is a tube or cone shaped garment that hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs. In the western world, skirts are usually considered women s clothing.… … Wikipedia
skirt — [[t]skɜrt[/t]] n. 1) clo the part of a gown, dress, or coat that extends downward from the waist 2) clo a one piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn esp. by women and girls 3) some part resembling or … From formal English to slang
Skirt — Skirt, n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. sk[ o]rt a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See {Shirt}.] 1. 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skirt — [skʉrt] n. [ME < ON skyrt, shirt, kirtle, akin to OE scyrte, SHIRT] 1. that part of a dress, coat, robe, etc. that hangs below the waist 2. a woman s garment of varying length that hangs down from the waist 3. something like a skirt, as a flap … English World dictionary
skirt — skirt1 [skə:t US skə:rt] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: skyrta shirt ] 1.) a piece of outer clothing worn by women and girls, which hangs down from the waist like the bottom part of a dress ▪ She wore a white blouse and a plain black… … Dictionary of contemporary English
skirt — skirtless, adj. skirtlike, adj. /skerrt/, n. 1. the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist. 2. a one piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn esp. by women and girls … Universalium
skirt — 1 noun (C) 1 a piece of outer clothing worn by women and girls, which hangs down from the waist like the bottom part of a dress: She wore a white blouse and a plain black skirt. compare dress 1 (1) 2 also skirts (plural) the part of a dress or… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
skirt — /skɜt / (say skert) noun 1. the lower part of a gown, coat, or the like, hanging from the waist. 2. a separate garment (outer or under) worn by women and girls, extending from the waist downwards. 3. some part resembling or suggesting the skirt… …
skirt-shaped — said of structures distally broadened like a skirt, e.g. internasal flaps of some rays … Dictionary of ichthyology

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