beirar — meaning in English

English meaning

• skirt noun A piece of clothing that hangs from the waist, covering the lower body.
• verge noun The point right before something happens; the brink or edge.

Senses

beirar is used for these senses in English:

• border on (transitive, figurative) To be almost like some other thing; to verge on.
• skirt To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
• verge (intransitive) To be or come very close; to border; to approach.

skirt — full definition

1. noun A piece of clothing that hangs from the waist, covering the lower body.
2. verb To go around the edge of something rather than through the middle.
3. verb To avoid dealing with something directly.

verge — full definition

1. noun The point right before something happens; the brink or edge.
2. noun An edge or border, such as a grass strip beside a road.
3. verb To come close to or border on something.

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