skirt around/round

skirt around/round
skirt around/round coll. уклоняться (от чего-л.); You can't skirt round thematter, you'll have to give the workers a definite answer.

Англо-русский словарь. — М.: Советская энциклопедия. . 1969.

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  • skirt — skirt1 [skə:t US skə:rt] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: skyrta shirt ] 1.) a piece of outer clothing worn by women and girls, which hangs down from the waist like the bottom part of a dress ▪ She wore a white blouse and a plain black… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • skirt — noun 1》 a woman s outer garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs.     ↘the part of a coat or dress that hangs below the waist.     ↘informal women regarded as objects of sexual desire. 2》 a surface that conceals or… …   English new terms dictionary

  • round — [adj1] ball shaped; semicircular area annular, arced, arched, arciform, bent, bowed, bulbous, circular, coiled, curled, curved, curvilinear, cylindrical, discoid, disk shaped, domical, egg shaped, elliptical, globose, globular, looped, orbed,… …   New thesaurus

  • skirt — ► NOUN 1) a woman s outer garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs. 2) the part of a coat or dress that hangs below the waist. 3) a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft. 4)… …   English terms dictionary

  • skirt — [[t]skɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]] skirts, skirting, skirted 1) N COUNT A skirt is a piece of clothing worn by women and girls. It fastens at the waist and hangs down around the legs. 2) VERB Something that skirts an area is situated around the edge of it. [V n] …   English dictionary

  • skirt — Synonyms and related words: Jane, Mother Hubbard, adjoin, babe, baby, ballet skirt, bank, befringe, beg, biddy, bind, bird, bitch, board, border, bordure, bound, boundaries, bounds, bourns, brim, brink, broad, brow, brush, brush by, burke, bypass …   Moby Thesaurus

  • round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • round — 1. adjective 1) a round window Syn: circular, ring shaped, disk shaped, hoop shaped; spherical, spheroidal, globular, globe shaped, orb shaped; cylindrical; bulbous, rounded, rotund; technical annular, discoid 2) round …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • around — a•round [[t]əˈraʊnd[/t]] adv. 1) in a circle, ring, or the like 2) on all sides; about: fenced in all around[/ex] 3) in all directions from a center or point of reference: They own the land for miles around[/ex] 4) in a region about a place: all… …   From formal English to slang

  • around — /euh rownd /, adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around. 2. on all sides; about: His land is fenced all around. 3. in all directions from a center or point of reference: He… …   Universalium

  • round — 1. adjective a round window Syn: circular, spherical, globular, cylindrical 2. noun 1) mould the dough into rounds Syn: ball, sphere, globe, orb, circle, disc, ring, hoop …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary


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