Meaning

• An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.

• The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.

• A loose edging to any part of a dress.

• A petticoat.

• A woman.

• Women collectively, in a sexual context.

• Sexual intercourse with a woman.

• Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.

• The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.

Meaning

• 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."