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Oxford 5000 vocabulary |A1|SPEAKING vocabularyskirt /skɜːt $ skɜːrt/ noun [countable]
skirt (also skirt around/round) verb [transitive]
دامن
دامن لباس، دامنه کوه، حومه شهر، حوالی، دامن دوختن، دامن دار کردن، حاشیه گذاشتن، از کنار چیزی رد شدن، دور زدن، احاطه کردن، ورزش: پارچه ضد آب باریک و دراز برای جلوگیری از نفوذ آب به داخل قایق، علوم هوایی: دامنه
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Synonyms & Related Wordsskirt[verb]Synonyms:- border, edge, flank
- often with around
or round: avoid, circumvent, evade, steer clear of
Contrasted words: confront, face, meet, take on
Related Idioms: go around, get around
Related Words: skirting,
avoid,
dodge,
duck,
evade,
hedge,
elude,
escape,
ignore,
skip [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. skirt1 S3 /skɜːt $ skɜːrt/
noun [countable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old Norse;
Origin: skyrta 'shirt']
1. a piece of outer clothing worn by women and girls, which hangs down from the waist like the bottom part of a dress:
She wore a white blouse and a plain black skirt.leather/pleated/cotton etc skirt a green velvet skirtshort/long skirt a short skirt and high heels2. (
also skirts [plural])
old-fashioned the part of a dress or coat that hangs down from the waist
3. the skirts of a forest/hill/village etc British English the outside edge of a forest etc
Synonym : outskirts4. a bit of skirt British English informal not polite an offensive expression meaning an attractive woman
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II. skirt2 (
also skirt around/round)
verb [transitive]1. to go around the outside edge of a place or area:
The old footpath skirts around the village.2. to avoid talking about an important subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing – used to show disapproval:
a disappointing speech that skirted around all the main issues [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsskirt noun ADJ. ankle-length, long | short | knee-length | tight | circular, flared, full, gathered, voluminous She tucked up her voluminous skirts to make room for Jane beside her.
pencil, straight | pleated, wrap-around VERB + SKIRT hitch up, lift, pull up | pull down | tuck up | smooth (down) She sat down, smoothing the skirt of her dress.
straighten | ruck up SKIRT + VERB billow, swirl Her full skirt billowed around her as she danced.
ride up Her skirt rode up her thighs when she sat down. SKIRT + NOUN length ⇒ Special page at
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