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1. (v.i.) skew
to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
2. skew
to look askance; squint.
3. (v.t.) skew
to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely.
4. skew
to distort; misrepresent:
to skew data.
5. (adj.) skew
having an oblique direction or position; slanting.
6. skew
having a part that deviates from a straight line, right angle, etc.:
skew gearing.
7. skew
Statistics. (of a distribution) having skewness.
8. (n.) skew
an oblique movement, direction, or position.
9. skew
a wood chisel having a cutting edge set obliquely.
Etymology: (1350–1400; (v.) ME: to slip away, swerve < MD schuwen to get out of the way, shun)
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| Definition of 'skew' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) skew, skewed
having an oblique or slanting direction or position
"the picture was skew"
2. (verb) skew
turn or place at an angle
"the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"
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| Definition of 'skew' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) skew
turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases
2. (adverb) skew
awry; obliquely; askew
3. (adverb) skew
to shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position
4. (adverb) skew
to throw or hurl obliquely
5. (noun) skew
a stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place
6. (verb) skew
to walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely
7. (verb) skew
to start aside; to shy, as a horse
8. (verb) skew
to look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously
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Sense: not straight or symmetrical.
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 Afrikaans: skeef |
 Arabic: مائِل |
 Bulgarian: кос |
 Brazilian: enviesado |
 Czech: šikmý |
 German: schief |
 Danish: skæv |
 Greek: λοξός, ασύμμετρος |
 Spanish: torcido |
 Estonian: viltune |
 Farsi: كج |
 Finnish: vino |
 French: de travers |
 Hebrew: נָטוּי |
 Hindi: टेढ़ा |
 Croatian: kos, kriv |
 Hungarian: ferde |
 Indonesian: tidak lurus |
 Icelandic: skáhallur, skakkur |
 Italian: obliquo, storto |
 Japanese: 斜めの |
 Korean: 비스듬한 |
 Lithuanian: kreivas, asimetriškas |
 Latvian: greizs;šķībs |
 Malay: tidak lurus |
 Dutch: scheef |
 Norwegian: skjev, usymmetrisk |
 Polish: ukośny |
 Persian: كج |
 Pashto: کج |
 Portuguese: enviesado |
 Romanian: oblic |
 Russian: косой; асимметричный |
 Slovak: šikmý |
 Slovenian: poševen |
 Serbian: iskrivljen |
 Swedish: sned, skev |
 Thai: เอียง |
 Turkish: eğri, eğik |
 Taiwanese: 歪斜的 |
 Ukrainian: косий; асиметричний |
 Urdu: اریبی ، ترچھا |
 Vietnamese: nghiêng, xiên, lệch |
 Chinese: 歪斜的 |
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