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skirting |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb skirt 2 of 4 senses of skirt Sense 1 hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep => quibble Sense 4 surround, skirt, border => fringe => girdle, gird => enclose, inclose, shut in => hem in Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb skirt 2 of 4 senses of skirt Sense 1 hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep => quibble Sense 4 surround, skirt, border => fringe => girdle, gird => enclose, inclose, shut in => tuck, insert => wall in wall up => brick in brick up brick over => embower, bower => enshrine, shrine => encase, case => pack => containerize => bag => pouch => bundle, bundle up roll up => stow, load => box, package => sack => crate => immerse, engross, swallow, swallow up bury, eat up => frame, frame in border => glass, glass in => bank => dike, dyke => encapsulate => fence, fence in => rope in rope off cordon off => casket => corral => fortify, fort => trench => hem in Entailment of verb skirt Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb skirt 4 senses of skirt Sense 1 hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep => avoid Sense 2 skirt => travel by pass by surpass, go past, go by pass Sense 3 skirt => bound, border Sense 4 surround, skirt, border => touch, adjoin, meet contact Familiarity of verb skirt skirt used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb skirt Sense 1 hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep => avoid -------------- Sense 2 skirt => travel by pass by surpass, go past, go by pass -------------- Sense 3 skirt => bound, border -------------- Sense 4 surround, skirt, border => touch, adjoin, meet contact -------------- Grep of noun skirting skirting board Overview of verb skirt The verb skirt has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue") 2. (1) skirt -- (pass around or about move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast") 3. skirt -- (form the edge or) 4. surround, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property") Overview of adj skirting The adj skirting has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. encircling, skirting -- (being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting") Antonyms of adj skirting 1 sense of skirting Sense 1 encircling(postnominal), skirting(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA peripheral) -> central Similarity of adj skirting 1 sense of skirting Sense 1 encircling(postnominal), skirting(postnominal) => peripheral (vs. central) Attributes of adj skirting Familiarity of adj skirting skirting used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj skirting skirting Overview of verb skirt The verb skirt has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) hedge, fudge, evade, put off circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue") 2. (1) skirt -- (pass around or about move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast") 3. skirt -- (form the edge or) 4. surround, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property") Overview of adj skirting The adj skirting has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. encircling, skirting -- (being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting")
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