Uk English Meaning of skew

skew

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Definitions and Meaning of skew in English

Wordnet

skew (v)

turn or place at an angle

Wordnet

skew (s)

having an oblique or slanting direction or position

Webster

skew (adv.)

Awry; obliquely; askew.

To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

To throw or hurl obliquely.

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skew (a.)

Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.

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skew (n.)

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.

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skew (v. i.)

To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.

To start aside; to shy, as a horse.

To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

FAQs About the word skew

skew

turn or place at an angle, having an oblique or slanting direction or positionAwry; obliquely; askew., Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed

angle,slope,slope,tilt,veer,Arc,Bend,can't,Cockerel,curl

merge,straighten (streɪtən)

sketchy => sketchy, sketching => Sketching, sketchiness => sketch, sketchily => scantily, sketcher => Sketcher,