skirt
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(verb) pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast" |
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Related Words: go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by |
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(verb) form the edge or |
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Related Words: border, bound |
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(noun) a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women |
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Related Words: ballet skirt, crinoline, culotte, culottes, full skirt, garment, gathered skirt, grass skirt, hobble skirt, hoopskirt, kilt, overskirt, sarong, tutu |
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(noun) the part of a garment below the waist |
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Related Words: cloth covering |
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(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" |
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Synonyms: border, surround |
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Related Words: adjoin, enclose, fringe, gird, girdle, hem in, inclose, meet, shut in, touch |
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(noun) informal terms for a (young) woman |
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Synonyms: bird, chick, dame, doll, wench |
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Related Words: fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman |
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(verb) avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue" |
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Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep |
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Related Words: avoid |
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