1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
3. Noun
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
4. Noun
A petticoat.
5. Noun
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
6. Verb
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
7. Verb
To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
8. Verb
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
9. Noun
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
10. Noun
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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