skirt betydelse and definition

Betydelse av skirt på svenska

• 0 a piece of clothing for women and girls that hangs from the waist and does not have legs:

  • She wore a denim skirt and a white shirt.

  • a long/short skirt

• 1 an outer covering or part to protect particular machines

• 2 beef (= meat from a cow) that is cut from the bottom part of the side of the animal:

  • There's an increasing market for the cheaper cuts of beef such as skirt.

  • Skirt steak is best medium-rare.

• 3 a way of referring to women who are considered sexually attractive:

  • Ever since the day they were married, her husband was off chasing every bit of skirt he could see.

• 4 to go around the edge of something:

  • Take the road which skirts (round) the town, not the one which goes through it.

  • The government has been accused of skirting round the issue of torture.

• 5 a piece of women’s clothing that hangs from the waist and does not have material between the legs, or the part of a dress below the waist:

  • She looked good in a skirt and blouse.

• 6 to go around or move along the edge of something:

  • We were skirting the highways and taking the back roads.