skirt

skirt
1. noun
Rock, der
2. transitive verb
herumgehen um
3. intransitive verb

skirt along something — an etwas (Dat.) entlanggehen/-fahren/-reiten usw

Phrasal Verbs:
- academic.ru/111069/skirt_round">skirt round
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[skə:t]
noun
1) (a garment, worn by women, that hangs from the waist: Was she wearing trousers or a skirt?) der Rock
2) (the lower part of a dress, coat etc: a dress with a flared skirt.) der Rock
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skirt
[skɜ:t, AM skɜ:rt]
I. n
1. (garment) Rock m, Jupe m SCHWEIZ; (part of coat) Schoß m
2. TECH (on hovercraft) Schürzen pl (am Luftkissenfahrzeug)
3. no pl (pej! sl: woman) Weibsbild nt pej fam
II. vt
▪ to \skirt sth um etw akk herumführen, etw umgeben; (proceed around edge of) etw umfahren, um etw akk herumfahren
to \skirt a road um eine Straße herumführen
2. (avoid)
▪ to \skirt sth questions etw [bewusst] umgehen
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[skɜːt]
1. n
1) Rock m; (of jacket, coat) Schoß m
2) (inf: woman) Braut f (sl)

a bit of skirt — eine Braut

2. vt
umgehen; (= encircle) umgeben
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skirt [skɜːt; US skɜrt]
A s
1. Rock m
2. sl
a) auch bit of skirt Mieze f
b) the skirt obs koll die Weiber pl pej
3. (Rock-, Hemd- etc) Schoß m
4. a) Saum m, Rand m, Einfassung f (fig oft pl):
on the skirts of the wood am Waldesrand, am Waldessaum
b) TECH Schürze f (eines Formel-1-Rennwagens etc)
5. meist pl Außenbezirk m, Randgebiet n
6. Seitenblatt n (eines Sattels)
7. GASTR Br Rindfleisch n vom Unterbauch
B v/t
1. a) (um)säumen
b) fig sich entlangziehen an (dat)
2. a) entlanggehen, (außen) herumgehen um
b) ein Problem etc umgehen
c) einer Gefahr etc (knapp) entgehen
C v/i
1. am Rande sein oder liegen
2. skirt along
a) am Rande entlanggehen oder -fahren,
b) sich entlangziehen;
skirt (a)round → B 2 b
* * *
1. noun
Rock, der
2. transitive verb
herumgehen um
3. intransitive verb

skirt along something — an etwas (Dat.) entlanggehen/-fahren/-reiten usw

Phrasal Verbs:
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n.
Damenrock m.
Rock ¨-e m.
Röckchen - n. v.
herumgehen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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