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# skirt

«skirt» in Mova's school dictionary: **a piece of clothing worn by women and girls that hangs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a skirt, skirts); verb (skirt, skirts, skirted, skirting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A skirt is a piece of clothing worn by women and girls that hangs from the waist and has no separate legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#m1)

2) The skirt of a dress or coat is the part below the waist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#m2)

3) To skirt something means to go round the edge of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#m3)

4) To skirt (round) a problem or question means to avoid talking about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is about school uniform (skirt or trousers), shopping and clothes. In stories the verb shows a path going round something, or someone dodging a hard topic. Phrases: «a pleated skirt», «a school skirt», «skirt round the edge», «skirt the issue», «skirting board» (a strip at the bottom of a wall).

### examples

- She wore a grey pleated skirt to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x1)
- Girls may choose a skirt or trousers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x2)
- The path skirted the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x3)
- We skirted round the muddy field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x4)
- The politician skirted the question about money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x5)
- Her skirt swirled as she danced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x6)
- The kilt is a kind of skirt worn by Scottish men. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x7)
- Mum painted the skirting board white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x8)
- Wandering along the banks of the Tigris, they skirted a garden enclosed by a high wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/#x9)

### note

Countable noun: a skirt, skirts. Verb: skirted, skirting; often «skirt (round/around) something». A Scottish kilt looks like a skirt but is traditional men's dress. In some schools anyone may wear a skirt; trousers are always allowed for girls.

### In the corpora

- [a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.832/)
- [And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1207/)
- [A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.614/)
- [Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.724/)
- [And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.411/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «skirt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skirt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.