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skirt
Overview of noun skirt
The noun skirt has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) skirt -- (cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist)
2. (2) skirt -- (a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women)
3. dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird -- (informal terms for a (young) woman)
Overview of verb skirt
The verb skirt has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully")
2. (1) skirt -- (pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast")
3. skirt -- (form the edge of)
4. surround, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun skirt
3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
=> cloth covering
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
skirt
=> garment
=> clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> consumer goods
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
=> girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
=> woman, adult female
=> female, female person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> adult, grownup
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun skirt
1 of 3 senses of skirt
Sense 2
skirt
=> ballet skirt, tutu
=> culotte
=> full skirt
=> gathered skirt
=> grass skirt
=> hobble skirt
=> hoopskirt, crinoline
=> kilt
=> lavalava
=> maxi
=> miniskirt, mini
=> overskirt
=> sarong
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun skirt
3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
=> cloth covering
Sense 2
skirt
=> garment
Sense 3
dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
=> girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
Antonyms of noun skirt
Member Holonyms of noun skirt
Substance Holonyms of noun skirt
Part Holonyms of noun skirt
1 of 3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
PART OF: garment
Member Meronyms of noun skirt
Substance Meronyms of noun skirt
Part Meronyms of noun skirt
2 of 3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
HAS PART: lap, lap covering
HAS PART: seat
Sense 2
skirt
HAS PART: box pleat
HAS PART: kick pleat
HAS PART: placket
HAS PART: slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener
HAS PART: sunburst pleat, sunray pleat
HAS PART: hemline
Meronyms of noun skirt
2 of 3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
HAS PART: lap, lap covering
HAS PART: seat
Sense 2
skirt
HAS PART: box pleat
HAS PART: kick pleat
HAS PART: placket
HAS PART: slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener
HAS PART: sunburst pleat, sunray pleat
HAS PART: hemline
Holonyms of noun skirt
1 of 3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
PART OF: garment
Attributes of noun skirt
Derived Forms of noun skirt
Domain of noun skirt
Domain Terms of noun skirt
Familiarity of noun skirt
skirt used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun skirt
3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
> cloth covering
=> antimacassar
=> back
=> bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
=> blindfold
=> bosom
=> burial garment
=> cosy, tea cosy, cosey, tea cosey, cozy, tea cozy, cozey, tea cozey, cozie, tea cozie
=> dressing, medical dressing
=> elbow
=> eyepatch, patch
=> havelock
=> knee
=> lap, lap covering
=> leg
=> seat
=> skirt
=> sleeve, arm
=> slipcover
Sense 2
skirt
> garment
=> breechcloth, breechclout, loincloth
=> burqa, burka
=> camlet
=> diaper, nappy, napkin
=> fur
=> gown, surgical gown, scrubs
=> haik, haick
=> hand-me-down
=> head covering, veil
=> hose
=> ironing
=> jump suit, jumpsuit
=> kanzu
=> laundry, wash, washing, washables
=> legging, legin, leg covering
=> leotard, unitard, body suit, cat suit
=> mending
=> motley
=> neckwear
=> overgarment, outer garment
=> peplos, peplus, peplum
=> raglan
=> reversible
=> robe
=> romper, romper suit
=> sackcloth
=> scapular, scapulary
=> scarf
=> sealskin
=> separate
=> shirt
=> silks
=> skirt
=> stomacher
=> straitjacket, straightjacket
=> suit, suit of clothes
=> sunsuit
=> swaddling clothes, swaddling bands
=> sweater
=> sweat suit, sweatsuit, sweats, workout suit
=> swimsuit, swimwear, bathing suit, swimming costume, bathing costume
=> trouser
=> trouser, pant
=> undergarment, unmentionable
=> vest, waistcoat
=> weeds, widow's weeds
=> wet suit
=> wraparound
Sense 3
dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
> girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
=> baby, sister
=> belle
=> bimbo
=> colleen
=> dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
=> flapper
=> gal
=> gamine
=> Gibson girl
=> lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille
=> maid, maiden
=> May queen, queen of the May
=> mill-girl
=> party girl
=> peri
=> ring girl
=> rosebud
=> sex kitten, sexpot, sex bomb
=> shop girl
=> soubrette
=> sweater girl
=> tomboy, romp, hoyden
=> valley girl
=> working girl
Meronyms of noun skirt
3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
HAS PART: lap, lap covering
HAS PART: seat
=> cloth covering
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
skirt
HAS PART: box pleat
HAS PART: kick pleat
HAS PART: placket
HAS PART: slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener
HAS PART: sunburst pleat, sunray pleat
HAS PART: hemline
=> garment
HAS PART: armhole
HAS PART: band, banding, stripe
HAS PART: bosom
HAS PART: buttonhole, button hole
HAS PART: dart
HAS PART: eyelet, eyehole
HAS PART: fly, fly front
HAS PART: gusset, inset
HAS PART: jag, dag
HAS PART: jag
HAS PART: liner, lining
HAS PART: neck, neck opening
HAS PART: collar, neckband
HAS PART: facing
HAS PART: pocket
HAS PART: pocket flap
HAS PART: skirt
HAS PART: lap, lap covering
HAS PART: seat
HAS PART: sleeve, arm
HAS PART: cuff, turnup
HAS PART: facing
HAS PART: elbow
HAS PART: wristband
HAS PART: yoke
HAS PART: hipline
=> clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
HAS PART: wardrobe
=> covering
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> consumer goods
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
=> girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
=> woman, adult female
HAS PART: adult female body, woman's body
HAS PART: menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flow
HAS PART: breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
HAS PART: lactiferous duct
HAS PART: areola, ring of color
=> female, female person
HAS PART: female body
HAS PART: female reproductive system
HAS PART: ovum, egg cell
HAS PART: female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ, fanny
HAS PART: vagina
HAS PART: vaginal artery, arteria vaginalis
HAS PART: urethral orifice, external orifice
HAS PART: hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane
HAS PART: ovary
HAS PART: ovarian artery, arteria ovarica
HAS PART: Graafian follicle
HAS PART: corpus luteum
HAS PART: Fallopian tube, uterine tube, oviduct
HAS PART: uterus, womb
HAS PART: cervix, uterine cervix, cervix uteri
HAS PART: uterine artery, arteria uterina
HAS PART: Fallopian tube, uterine tube, oviduct
HAS PART: uterine cavity
HAS PART: endometrium
HAS PART: myometrium
HAS PART: placenta
HAS PART: caul, veil, embryonic membrane
HAS PART: vagina
HAS PART: vaginal artery, arteria vaginalis
HAS PART: urethral orifice, external orifice
HAS PART: hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane
HAS PART: vulva
HAS PART: labial vein, vena labialis
HAS PART: urethra
HAS PART: urethral orifice, external orifice
HAS PART: urethral sphincter, musculus sphincter urethrae
HAS PART: mons, mons veneris, mons pubis
HAS PART: labium
HAS PART: labia majora
HAS PART: pudendal cleft, urogenital cleft, rima pudendi, rima vulvae, pudendal cleavage, pudendal slit, vulvar slit
HAS PART: labia minora
HAS PART: vestibule of the vagina
HAS PART: clitoris, clit, button
HAS PART: glans clitoridis
HAS PART: prepuce, foreskin
HAS PART: Bartholin's gland
HAS PART: female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ, fanny
HAS PART: vagina
HAS PART: vaginal artery, arteria vaginalis
HAS PART: urethral orifice, external orifice
HAS PART: hymen, maidenhead, virginal membrane
HAS PART: female internal reproductive organ
HAS PART: female chest, bust
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
=> adult, grownup
HAS PART: adult body
HAS PART: pubic hair, bush, crotch hair
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun skirt
1 of 3 senses of skirt
Sense 1
skirt
PART OF: garment
Grep of noun skirt
ballet skirt
full skirt
gathered skirt
grass skirt
hobble skirt
hoopskirt
miniskirt
outskirt
overskirt
skirt
skirt chaser
skirt of tasses
skirting board
underskirt
Antonyms of verb skirt
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb skirt
4 senses of skirt
Sense 1
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> avoid
Sense 2
skirt
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
skirt
=> bound, border
=> enclose, hold in, confine
=> hold, bear, carry, contain
=> include
Sense 4
surround, skirt, border
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb skirt
2 of 4 senses of skirt
Sense 1
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> quibble
Sense 4
surround, skirt, border
=> fringe
=> girdle, gird
=> enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
=> hem in
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb skirt
4 senses of skirt
Sense 1
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> avoid
Sense 2
skirt
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
Sense 3
skirt
=> bound, border
Sense 4
surround, skirt, border
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
'Cause To' of verb skirt
Derived Forms of verb skirt
Domain of verb skirt
Domain Terms of verb skirt
Familiarity of verb skirt
skirt used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb skirt
4 senses of skirt
Sense 1
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
skirt
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
skirt
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
surround, skirt, border
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb skirt
4 senses of skirt
Sense 1
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
> avoid
=> hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> miss, escape
=> get off, get away, get by, get out, escape
=> bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
=> keep off, stay off
=> shirk
=> shy away from
=> shun, eschew
Sense 2
skirt
> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> skirt
=> run by
=> fly by
=> zip by, fly by, whisk by
Sense 3
skirt
> bound, border
=> skirt
=> verge
=> shore
Sense 4
surround, skirt, border
> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
=> cover, spread over
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
=> attach
=> hug
=> border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> surround, skirt, border
=> lean on, rest on, lean against
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb skirt
Sense 1
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
=> avoid
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Sense 2
skirt
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
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Sense 3
skirt
=> bound, border
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Sense 4
surround, skirt, border
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
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Grep of verb skirt
skirt
Grep of adj skirt
skirting
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