skirt
/skɜːt/noun
उच्चारण स्कर्ट
स्कर्ट, घाघरा
Basic word
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[C]
a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that hangs from the waist; the part of a dress below the waist
स्कर्ट, घाघरा
- a long skirt
- She wore a blue skirt with a white top.
- The skirt was too short for the school rules.
+ 1 more example
- My mother is stitching a new skirt for my sister.
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[T, I] ~ (around) sth
to be or move around the edge of something; to avoid talking about a subject, especially because it is difficult or embarrassing
किनारे-किनारे जाना; (विषय) टालना
- The road skirts the lake.
- He skirted around the issue.
- We skirted the village and took the road along the river.
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- The minister skirted the question about the new tax.
- The path skirts the edge of the forest.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the avoid-a-subject words together: skirt round, sidestep, evade, dodge, gloss over (avoid talking about something unpleasant by treating it as unimportant), beat about the bush.
विषय टालने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: skirt round, sidestep, evade, dodge, gloss over (अप्रिय बात को महत्वहीन मानकर टालना), beat about the bush (गोलमोल बात करना)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Skirt around or round sth (avoid talking about a difficult subject: 'skirt around the main question').
Phrasal verb अक्सर पूछा जाता है: skirt around या round sth (कठिन विषय पर बात करने से बचना: 'skirt around the main question')।
The outskirts (the outer parts of a town: 'on the outskirts of Delhi').
Collocation 'the outskirts' (शहर के बाहरी भाग: 'on the outskirts of Delhi')।