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1Skewer (disambiguation) — Skewer may refer to: *Skewer, a thin metal or wood stick used to hold small pieces of food together *Skewer (chess), a chess tactics *Quick release skeweree also*Skua (disambiguation) …
2skewer — ► NOUN ▪ a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food together during cooking. ► VERB ▪ fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
3skewer — [skyo͞o′ər] n. [var. of skiver < ON skifa, a slice < v., to slice: see SKIVE1] 1. a) a long pin used to hold meat together while cooking b) a similar but longer pin used as a brochette 2. any of several things shaped or used like a meat… …
4Skewer — Skew er, n. [Probably of Scand, origin; cf. Sw. & Dan. skifer a slate. Cf. {Shuver} a fragment.] A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting. [1913 Webster] Meat well stuck with skewers to make it …
5Skewer — Skew er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skewered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skewering}.] To fasten with skewers. [1913 Webster] …
6skewer — index penetrate, pierce (lance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7skewer — (n.) 1670s, variant of skiver (1660s), perhaps from O.N. skifa disk, cut, slice, related to SHIVER (Cf. shiver) (n.). The verb is attested from 1701, from the noun. Related: Skewered; skewering …
8Skewer (chess) — Chess diagram|= tleft = | | | | | | | |= |rd| | | |kd| | |= | | | |pd|pd| | |= | | |qd| | | | |= | | | | |pl| | |= | | | |pl|bl| | |= | | | |ql|kl| | |= | | | | | | | |=|In chess, a skewer (or thrust) is an attack upon two pieces in a line and is …
9skewer — I UK [ˈskjuːə(r)] / US [ˈskjuər] noun [countable] Word forms skewer : singular skewer plural skewers a long thin piece of metal or wood that you stick through food to hold it while it cooks II UK [ˈskjuːə(r)] / US [ˈskjuər] verb [transitive] Word …
10skewer — skew|er1 [ˈskju:ə US ər] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from skiver skewer (15 19 centuries)] a long metal or wooden stick that is put through pieces of meat to hold them together while they are cooked skewer 2 skewer2 v [T] 1.) to make a… …
