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skirteth

skirteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of skirt.

Meaning of skirt

Verb

skirt (third-person singular simple present skirts, present participle skirting, simple past and past participle skirted)

  1. To be on or form the border of.
    • The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
  2. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
    • skirt a mountain
  3. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
    • skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  4. (figuratively) To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
    • Near-synonym: circumvent
    Synonyms:
    circumvent

See all 13 meanings of skirt

Origin of skirteth

skirt + -eth

Questions about skirteth

What is skirteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Skirteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of skirt.

Words near skirteth in the dictionary

  1. skirted
  2. skirted around
  3. skirter
  4. skirters
  5. skirtest
  6. skirteth
  7. skirtful
  8. skirtfuls
  9. skirtie
  10. skirties
  11. skirting

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