skirt vs gird

skirt is a noun but gird is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skirt	Yes	No	Yes	No
gird	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, gird is a hyponym of skirt; that is, gird is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than skirt:

Other hyponyms of skirt include fringe, girdle, cloister, close in, enclose, inclose, shut in, hem in, cloister.

skirt (noun)	gird (noun)
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
informal terms for a (young) woman
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

skirt (verb)	gird (verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)	prepare oneself for a military confrontation
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle	bind with something round or circular
pass around or about; move along the border	put a girdle on or around
form the edge of