travel by vs skirt

travel by is not a noun while skirt is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
travel by	No	No	Yes	No
skirt	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of travel by include run by, fly by, fly by, whisk by, zip by.

travel by (noun)	skirt (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

travel by (verb)	skirt (verb)
move past	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
	extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
	pass around or about; move along the border
	form the edge of