skirted

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of skirt. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She skirted the big puddle on her way to school.

   The path skirted the edge of the woods.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Dressed in a skirt instead of pants or shorts.

   The skirted students gathered for the school photo.

   A skirted woman waited at the bus stop.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Made with a part that hangs down like a skirt.

   The skirted sofa hid the boxes underneath.

   They chose a skirted table for the bake sale.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Having a border or edge around the outside.

   The skirted clearing was fringed with tall pines.

   They walked along the skirted shore, hemmed in by cliffs.

   Similarbordered, edged, fringed

5. 5
   adjective

   Avoided by going around it instead of facing it.

   Like walking around a puddle instead of stepping right into it.

   The skirted question came up again later.

   Each skirted puddle slowed their walk home.

   Oppositeaddressed, tackled

6. 6
   adjective

   Only just avoided by a small amount.

   The barely skirted crash left everyone shaken.

   A narrowly skirted fall on the ice scared her.

   Similaraverted, escaped

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