1. the part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down.
2. A garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls.
3. A part or attachment resembling the skirt of a garment, especially:
4. one of the leather flaps hanging from the side of a saddle.
5. the lower outer section of a rocket vehicle.
6. A flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle.
7. A piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection.
8. an outer edge; a border or margin: a base camp on the skirt of the mountain.
9. the edge, as of a town; the outskirts.
10. offensive slang A woman.
11. to lie along or form the edge of; border: the creek that skirts our property.
12. to pass around rather than across or through: changed their course to skirt the storm.
13. to pass close to; miss narrowly: the bullet skirted an artery.
14. to evade, as by circumlocution: skirted the controversial issue.
15. to lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border.

1. an article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
2. the part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.
3. A woman.
4. A part that serves as a border or edging.
5. to be on or form the border of.
6. to move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.

1. the lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist.
2. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
3. border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
4. A petticoat.
5. the diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
6. to cover with a skirt; to surround.
7. to border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of.
8. to be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.

1. to border; form the border or edge of; move along the edge of.
2. to be or live on the border; also, to move along a border, shore, or edge.
3. specifically, in hunting, to go round hedges and gates instead of jumping over or breaking through: said of a man or dog.
4. A dialectal form of squirt.
5. the lower and hanging part of a coat or other garment; the part of a garment below the waist.
6. A woman's petticoat; the part of a woman's dress that hangs from the waist; formerly, a woman's lap.
7. A hanging part, loose from the rest: as, the skirt of a saddle. see cut under saddle.
8. A narrow frill, corresponding to what would now be called a ruffle.
9. border; edge; margin; extreme part: as, the skirts of a town.
10. in milling, the margin of a millstone.
11. Milit., same as base, 2.
12. the midriff or diaphragm: so called from its appearance, as seen in butchers' meat. also skirting.

1. cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
2. (fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
3. form the edge of
4. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
5. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
6. informal terms for a (young) woman
7. a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
8. pass around or about; move along the border