{
    "term": "skirt",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes_dresses_skirts.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of clothing that hangs from the middle part of the body",
            "sensetop": "in a skirt",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a short/long/pleated/denim skirt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I never **wear skirts**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a woman in a blue skirt and white blouse",
                    "contextForm": "in a skirt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a green jacket with a matching skirt"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The skirt falls just above the knee."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I lifted the hem of my skirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sat down, smoothing her skirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was wearing a short denim skirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wore the plaid skirt that was the uniform of her private school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've worn both skirt suits and pant suits to interviews."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "short", "ankle-length"],
                "verb + skirt": ["hike up", "hitch up", "lift"],
                "skirt + verb": ["billow", "swirl", "ride up"],
                "skirt + noun": ["length", "suit"],
                "phrases": ["the hem of somebody’s skirt"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the part of a dress, coat, etc. that hangs below the middle part of the body",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She tucked up her voluminous skirts to make room for Jane beside her."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["long", "short", "ankle-length"],
                "verb + skirt": ["hike up", "hitch up", "lift"],
                "skirt + verb": ["billow", "swirl", "ride up"],
                "skirt + noun": ["length", "suit"],
                "phrases": ["the hem of somebody’s skirt"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an outer layer that covers and protects the base of a vehicle or machine",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the rubber skirt around the bottom of a hovercraft"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɜːt/",
                "audio": "sk/skirt/skirt__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɜːrt/",
                "audio": "sk/skirt/skirt__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th cent."
}