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| Main Entry: | skirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, edge |
| Synonyms: | brim, brink, fringe, hem, margin, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, rim, verge, purlieus, skirting |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | skirt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | border; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | bound, define, edge, flank, fringe, hem, margin, rim, surround, verge, lie along, lie alongside |
| Antonyms: | center |
| Main Entry: | skirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ladies' garment that hangs from waist |
| Synonyms: | dress, hoop, petticoat, culottes, dirndl, kilt, midi, mini, pannier, sarong, tutu |
| Main Entry: | skirt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid; get around |
| Synonyms: | bypass, circumvent, detour, dodge, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, hedge, ignore, sidestep, skip, burke, circumnavigate, steer clear of |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, take on |
| Main Entry: | avoid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refrain or stay away from; prevent |
| Synonyms: | abstain, avert, bypass, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fend off, flee, hide, jump, obviate, recoil, shake, shake off, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, skip*, skirt*, weave, withdraw, circumlocute, fake out, give the slip, hold off, keep clear, lay low*, run for cover, shake and bake, shrink from, shuffle off, skip out on, skip town, stay away, stay out, steer clear of, step aside, turn aside, ward off |
| Notes: | avert means 'prevent, turn away' and avoid means 'stay clear of, shun' |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, seek, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge, be adjacent to, mark off, set off |
| Antonyms: | center, be inside |
| Main Entry: | boundary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer limit |
| Synonyms: | ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderline, brink, circumference, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, line, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, verge, abuttals, borderland, bounds, circumscription, limits, line of demarcation, purlieus, terminus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | brim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of object, usually the top |
| Synonyms: | border, brink, circumference, fringe, hem, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | brink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of an object or area |
| Synonyms: | border, boundary, brim, fringe, frontier, limit, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, rim, skirt, threshold, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a woman |
| Synonyms: | babe*, chick*, dame, dish, doll*, female, floozy, girl, honey*, lady, miss, skirt*, bimbo, doxy, gal, lassie, moll, sweet thing, tootsie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bypass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
| Synonyms: | circumvent, detour, finesse, ignore, neglect, omit, outflank, sidestep, skirt, blink at, burke, circumnavigate, depart from, deviate from, get around, go around, go around the barn, let go, pass around, take back road, wink at |
| Main Entry: | circumvent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, mislead |
| Synonyms: | avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, circumnavigate, get around, steer clear of, ward off |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, help, permit |
| Main Entry: | dodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
| Synonyms: | dark, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fudge*, hedge, lurch, malinger, parry, pussyfoot*, shake, shake off*, shift, shirk, shuffle, sidestep, skirt, slide, slip, swerve, tergiversate, trick, weasel*, circumlocute, get around, get out of, give the slip, juke, move to the side, put the move on, short-circuit, skip out on, tergiverse, turn aside |
| Antonyms: | confront, encounter, face, meet, stand up to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing; woman's garment |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, costume, covering, drape, dry goods, duds*, ensemble, frock, garb, gear, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, robe, shift, skirt, suit, things*, threads*, trappings, uniform, vestment, wardrobe, Sunday best, accouterment, attirement, civvies, evening clothes, muumuu, pinafore, smock, tog, toga, toggery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fringe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, trimming |
| Synonyms: | binding, borderline, brim, brink, edge, flounce, hem, limit, march, margin, outside, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, ruffle, skirt, verge, edging, mane, rickrack, tassel |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | hem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, edge |
| Synonyms: | brim, brink, define, fringe, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, trimming, verge, edging, piping, selvage, skirting |
| Antonyms: | body, center, interior |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, skirt, surround, verge, begird, close in, hedge in, shut in |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
| Main Entry: | margin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border; room around something |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, confine, edge, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge, elbowroom*, selvage |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perimeter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumference, border |
| Synonyms: | ambit, borderline, boundary, brim, brink, circuit, compass, confines, edge, fringe, hem, limit, margin, outline, periphery, skirt, verge, bounds |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | periphery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outskirts, outer edge |
| Synonyms: | ambit, border, boundary, brim, brink, circuit, circumference, compass, covering, edge, fringe, hem, margin, outside, perimeter, rim, skirt, verge |
| Antonyms: | center |
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