skirt

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

“she skirted the problem”

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

informal terms for a (young) woman

a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

form the edge of

pass around or about; move along the border

“The boat skirted the coast”