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.

Form the edge of.

Pass around or about; move along the border.

“The boat skirted the coast”

Informal terms for a (young) woman.

(Fungi) 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.