A1verb · intransitive · common

skirt

skirt · skirts · skirted · skirting

обійти, перехитрити

ограничивать, обходить

umgehen, umrunden

To be on or form the border ofTo be on or form the border of.

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UK/skɜːt/US/skɚt/

» Your skirt is way too short.

У тебе аж занадто коротка спідниця. — deniko

У вас аж занадто коротка спідниця. — deniko

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Meaning

4 senses

To be on or form the border of.
The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
umgehen, umrunden
ограни́чиватьograníčivatʹ
form the edge of
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
skirt a mountain
обходитьobxoditʹ
pass around or about; move along the border
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
(figuratively)To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
Near-synonym: circumvent
skirt the issue

Examples

343 sentences

Your skirt is way too short.
У тебе аж занадто коротка спідниця. — deniko
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Long skirts are out of fashion now.
Довгі спідниці зараз не в моді. — anastasishko
ruДлинные юбки сейчас не в моде. — Biga
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Short skirts are already out of fashion.
Короткі спідниці вже вийшли з моди. — deniko
ruКороткие юбки уже вышли из моды. — soweli_Elepanto
deKurze Röcke sind längst nicht mehr in Mode. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I think your skirt is too long.
Мені здається, у тебе задовга спідниця. — deniko
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When was it that Mary bought this skirt?
Коли Мері купила цю спідницю? — deniko
ruКогда Мэри купила эту юбку? — Hellerick
deWann war es, als Maria diesen Rock gekauft hat? — Esperantostern
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to be on or from the border of:

to move around, to avoid the centre:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to be on or from the border of:

Origin

From Middle English scyrt, skirt, skyrte, skyrthe, skyrtte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Pr

From Middle English scyrt, skirt, skyrte, skyrthe, skyrtte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“apron; skirt”), from *skurtaz (“short; deficient”), from *skertaną (“to cut off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off; to divide”). Doublet of shirt.

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Forms

skirts, skirting, skirted, skirted

Base form	skirt · to skirt
3rd person singular	skirts
Present participle	skirting
Past simple	skirted
Past participle	skirted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	skirt
he, she, it	skirts

Past simpleLesson

all persons

skirted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have skirted
he, she, it	has skirted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will skirt

Synonyms

14 synonyms

circumvent

Close in meaning

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle:surround environ ring border
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues):hedge fudge evade put off circumvent parry elude dodge

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Clothes and colours — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form

Collocations

5 patterns

short skirts
a short skirt
skirt is too
your skirt is
long skirts