Definitions for skewskyu
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
skewskyu(v.i.)
to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
to look askance; squint.
(v.t.)to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely.
to distort; misrepresent:
to skew data.
(adj.)having an oblique direction or position; slanting.
having a part that deviates from a straight line, right angle, etc.:
skew gearing.
Statistics. (of a distribution) having skewness.
Category: Statistics
(n.)an oblique movement, direction, or position.
a wood chisel having a cutting edge set obliquely.
Category: Building Trades
Origin of skew:
1350–1400; (v.) ME: to slip away, swerve < MD schuwen to get out of the way, shun
Princeton's WordNet
skew, skewed(verb)
having an oblique or slanting direction or position
"the picture was skew"
skew(verb)
turn or place at an angle
"the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"
Wiktionary
skew(Verb)
To change or alter in a particular direction.
A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.
skew(Verb)
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
skew(Verb)
To throw or hurl obliquely.
skew(Adjective)
Neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).
Origin: From escuer/eskiuer, northern variants of eschuer/eschiver/eschever.
Webster Dictionary
Skew(adverb)
awry; obliquely; askew
Skew(adj)
turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases
Skew(noun)
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
Skew(verb)
to walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely
Skew(verb)
to start aside; to shy, as a horse
Skew(verb)
to look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously
Skew(adverb)
to shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position
Skew(adverb)
to throw or hurl obliquely
Translations for skew
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
skew(adjective)
not straight or symmetrical.
- skeefAfrikaans
- مائِلArabic
- косBulgarian
- enviesadoPortuguese (BR)
- šikmýCzech
- schiefGerman
- skævDanish
- λοξός, ασύμμετροςGreek
- torcidoSpanish
- viltuneEstonian
- كجFarsi
- vinoFinnish
- de traversFrench
- נָטוּיHebrew
- टेढ़ाHindi
- kos, krivCroatian
- ferdeHungarian
- tidak lurusIndonesian
- skáhallur, skakkurIcelandic
- obliquo, stortoItalian
- 斜めのJapanese
- 비스듬한Korean
- kreivas, asimetriškasLithuanian
- greizs;šķībsLatvian
- tidak lurusMalay
- scheefDutch
- skjev, usymmetriskNorwegian
- ukośnyPolish
- كجPersian
- کجPashto
- enviesadoPortuguese
- oblicRomanian
- косой; асимметричныйRussian
- šikmýSlovak
- poševenSlovenian
- iskrivljenSerbian
- sned, skevSwedish
- เอียงThai
- eğri, eğikTurkish
- 歪斜的Chinese (Trad.)
- косий; асиметричнийUkrainian
- اریبی ، ترچھاUrdu
- nghiêng, xiên, lệchVietnamese
- 歪斜的Chinese (Simp.)
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