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  1. 1. n. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A loose edging to any part of a dress. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A petticoat. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To cover with a skirt; to surround. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar Source: wordnet
  12. 12. n. informal terms for a (young) woman Source: wordnet

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