full skirt
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2.6
- noun
- /fʊl skɜrt/
:
falda amplia
- She looks very pretty in a full skirt with a crinoline.
- dress with a full skirt
- gown with a full skirt
- long full skirt
So as you can see, we have this really stunning, very full skirt that has these really gorgeous defined pleats.
- So as you can see, we have this really stunning, very full skirt that has these really gorgeous defined pleats.
- And a very, very, very rarely do you see a sweater dress with a cinched in waist and a full skirt.
- I mean Can you imagine how beautiful this dress would be if it came in at the waist and stuck out like a full skirt?
Examples
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She was singing cheerfully and wearing a pink dress with puffy sleeves and a full skirt.
Fiction book (1993) -
So as you can see, we have this really stunning, very full skirt that has these really gorgeous defined pleats.
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The bottom of the full skirt is tied with a piece of cord.
Academic text (1998) -
Or minimize your curves by balancing your top with a full skirt.
Blog text (22) -
I saw one year, a mother and daughter in full skirts and bonnets, wading through foamy surf, almost as white as their delicate, bare feet.
Fiction book (1993) -
The cut of the bodice worked wonders, the silk clinging here, skimming there, and finally flaring below her hips into a full skirt.
Fiction book (1993) -
For herself, Leslie shopped at Fayette Mall on Nicholasville Road and selected a floor-length gown with a full skirt and a sweep train, shoes to match the gown, and long gloves.
Fiction book (1998) -
The sisters waltzed around the table to the "Graduation Ball," dipping and rising, throwing heads back and forth, linked and laughing, full skirts, lace petticoats, soft hair swirling in the white light like foam.
Fiction book (1996) -
Grandma wore a wide-brimmed yellow straw hat with flowers all over it, a yellow dress with white daisies, a full skirt with tons of petticoats under the dress so the skirt stuck way out, and white high heels that she had bought shoe dye for and dyed yellow too.
Fiction book (1991) -
She wore a beautiful full skirt that flowed gracefully with every step she took.
Synonyms
A skirt with fabric pulled together at the waist to make it full
Antonyms
How Full
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a long, wide, voluminous skirt' is directly compositional: 'full' conveys ample/voluminous and 'skirt' names the garment, so their combination describes a skirt with lots of fabric. This descriptive, non-idiomatic pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Full skirt comes from the look of the clothing: the word full means it has a lot of fabric so the skirt is gathered at the waist and spreads out into a wide, rounded shape. That's why 'full skirt' means 'a skirt with a lot of fabric that spreads out', often making a flowing shape when you walk or twirl.