skirted

verbborder; be on the edge
verbavoid; get around

Synonyms for skirted

verb border; be on the edge

Antonyms for skirted

Word Origin & History

early 14c., "lower part of a woman's dress," from Old Norse skyrta "shirt, a kind of kirtle;" see shirt. Sense development from "shirt" to "skirt" is possibly related to the long shirts of peasant garb (cf. Low German cognate Schört, in some dialects "woman's gown"). Sense of "border, edge" (in outskirts, etc.) first recorded late 15c. Metonymic use for "women collectively" is from 1550s; slang sense of "young woman" is from 1906; skirt-chaser first attested 1942.

Example Sentences for skirted

We found the road, and the village of Horton, and skirted the last, until all was clear.

Tired and weighted, she dared not try the leap; she skirted around.

He was passing a thicket that skirted the road, when a cautious "Hist!"

They skirted the house and found the stable door open as Blake had left it.

He could see its face through the leaves as he skirted the shore of the lagoon.

For a long way he skirted the rim rock that edged the sheer bluff.

With her white wings she has skirted the edge of the dusk with an incredible calm.

He skirted round the base of the hill till we were on the side remote from the tribe.

He skirted the dining-room by a wide detour, and entered the courtyard at the side.

He turned and skirted the villa wall, determined on reconnoitring first.