skirting

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English

Pronunciation

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Verb

skirting verb

To be on or form the border of.“The plain was skirted by rows of trees.”
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).“He skirted the issue of which parties to attend by staying at home instead.”

Noun

skirting noun

Skirting board
Skirts collectively; material for skirts
The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.

Related terms

Synonyms

encircling peripheral skirtboard skirting-board skirting board mopboard washboard baseboarding clapboard stuff brishings lipping skiddles dust ruffle skirmishing scuttering

Associated

joinery dado molding fibrous boards stair edge fireplace timber intersect landfall seneca

Rhymes

disconcerting diverting asserting hurting squirting exerting spurting shirting reverting flirting

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