āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
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āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻž
a piece of clothing for girls or women that fastens around the waist and hangs down around the legs
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She chose a knee-length skirt for the office.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§-āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻ˛ā§āĻšā§āĻā§āĻāĻž
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
Informal
Offensive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The group of men made comments about the skirts passing by.
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻ°āĻŋāĻ
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
to skirt
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āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to avoid or ignore doing something that one finds to be difficult or controversial
Transitive: to skirt an issue or responsibility
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She often skirts challenging tasks and focuses on easier ones.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to move around something by going around its edge
Transitive: to skirt an area
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They skirted the city center to avoid the traffic jam.
āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to be located along or around the boundary or edge of something
Transitive: to skirt an area
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A row of houses skirts the hill, each offering a view of the valley below.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
microskirt
overskirt
underskirt
skirt
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
