Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - skirt
Skirt
skirt
n. & v. --n. 1 a woman's outer garment hanging from the waist. 2 the part of a coat etc. that hangs below the waist. 3 a hanging part round the base of a hovercraft. 4 (in sing. or pl.) an edge, border, or extreme part. 5 (also bit of skirt) sl. offens. a woman regarded as an object of sexual desire. 6 (in full skirt of beef etc.) a the diaphragm and other membranes as food. b Brit. a cut of meat from the lower flank. 7 a flap of a saddle. 8 a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft. --v. 1 tr. go along or round or past the edge of. 2 tr. be situated along. 3 tr. avoid dealing with (an issue etc.). 4 intr. (foll. by along) go along the coast, a wall, etc. Phrases and idioms skirt-dance a dance with graceful manipulation of a full skirt. Derivatives skirted adj. (also in comb.). skirtless adj. Etymology: ME f. ON skyrta shirt, corresp. to OE scyrte: see SHIRT
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I. noun see: shirt Date: 14th century 1. a. a free-hanging part of an outer garment or undergarment extending from the waist down, a separate free-hanging outer garment or undergarment usually worn by women and girls covering some or all of the body from the waist down, either of two usually leather flaps on a saddle covering the bars on which the stirrups are hung, a cloth facing that hangs from the bottom edge or across the front of a piece of furniture, the lower branches of a tree when near the ground, 2. the rim, periphery, or environs of an area, outlying parts (as of a town or city), a part or attachment serving as a rim, border, or edging, a girl or woman, ~ed adjective II. verb Date: 1602 transitive verb to form or run along the border or edge of ; border, 2. to provide a ~ for, to furnish a border or shield for, 3. to go or pass around or about, to avoid especially because of difficulty or fear of controversy , to evade or miss by a narrow margin , intransitive verb to be, lie, or move along an edge or border, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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