skirt. verb. skirted; skirting; skirts. Definition of skirt (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb.

The plural form of skirt is skirts.

1 skirt /ˈskɚt/ noun. plural skirts.

The noun dress can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be dress. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be dresses e.g. in reference to various types of dresses or a collection of dresses.

(bentʃ ) Word forms: plural benches.

box. noun (3) plural box or boxes. Definition of box (Entry 5 of 6)

4) In the example of baby’s and babies’, the apostrophe is added before the s to indicate a singular possession (e.g. the baby’s changing room). It is added after the s when referring to the plural, babies (e.g. the babies’ changing room).

noun. bun·​ny | / ˈbə-nē / plural bunnies.

As a general rule, you’re absolutely right – person is used to refer to an individual, and the plural form is people.

Most of the time, people is the correct word to choose as a plural for person. Persons is archaic, and it is safe to avoid using it, except in legal writing, which has its own traditional language. Peoples is only necessary when you refer to distinct ethnic groups (for example, within the same region).

Yes, ‘peoples’ is a word but it is not so commonly used. ‘People’ means ‘more than one person’ or ‘a group of human beings called collectively’. ‘Peoples’ means ‘a group of people from different origins (generally nations) called collectively’.

woman. / (ˈwʊmən) / noun plural women (ˈwɪmɪn) an adult female human being. (modifier) female or femininea woman politician; woman talk.

“When you use “female” as a noun, the subject that you’re referring to is erased”; The word you are looking for when you say ‘female’ exists. It’s ‘woman’.

An adult female human.

Female is a word only defining the gender. On the other hand, woman means a female who is also an adult.

To use the two interchangeably is to equate a person — a woman or group of women — with a host of inanimate feminine sex related products and/or any number of animals/creatures. If using the term female in reference to a woman one should qualify by saying a female human or person.

woman. To staff with female labor. (transitive) To make effeminate or womanish. (transitive) To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

Woman is fine though when describing a female above the age of 18, as long as it’s not in a chauvinistic or demeaning way. And woman is likely preferred by most females that are above the age of 18. However, it’s probably more common for women above 25 to be called woman, and under 25 to be called girl.