skirt
Noun
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is a type of: cloth covering - a covering made of clothhas:
- lap, lap covering - the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
- seat - the cloth covering for the buttocks
is a part of: garment - an article of clothing -
is a type of: garment - an article of clothingsubtypes:
- ballet skirt, tutu - very short skirt worn by ballerinas
- culotte - a divided skirt
- full skirt - a long skirt gathered at the waist
- gathered skirt - a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist
- grass skirt - a skirt made of long blades of grass
- hobble skirt - a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914
- crinoline, hoopskirt - a skirt stiffened with hoops
- kilt - a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
- lavalava - a skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans)
- maxi - a long skirt ending below the calf
- mini, miniskirt - a very short skirt
- overskirt - an outer skirt worn over another skirt
- sarong - a loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific
has:- box pleat - a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- kick pleat - pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking
- placket - a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
- slide fastener, zip, zip fastener, zipper - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
- sunburst pleat, sunray pleat - knife pleat cut on the bias to produce a flared effect
- hemline - the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat
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referred to in: fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi - the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plantsis a type of: plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungusis a part of: partial veil - membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the capsame as: annulus
Verb
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is a type of: avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or somethingsubtypes:
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