skew
21skew — /skyooh/, v.i. 1. to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course. 2. to look obliquely; squint. v.t. 3. to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely. 4. Slang. to make conform to a specific concept, attitude, or planned result; …
22skew — UK [skjuː] / US [skju] verb [transitive] Word forms skew : present tense I/you/we/they skew he/she/it skews present participle skewing past tense skewed past participle skewed 1) a) to affect facts or information so that they are not accurate A… …
23skew — [[t]skyu[/t]] v. i. 1) to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course 2) to look askance; squint 3) to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely 4) to distort; misrepresent: to skew data[/ex] 5) having an oblique direction or… …
24skew — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, to escape, run obliquely, from Anglo French *eskiuer, eschiver to escape, avoid more at eschew Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to take an oblique course 2. to look askance transitive verb 1. to make, set …
25skew — verb Skew is used with these nouns as the object: ↑perception, ↑result …
26skew — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, agee, agee jawed, angle, angle off, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, asymmetric, awry, bear off, bend, bent, bias, branching off, catawampous, catawamptious, circuitousness, cockeyed,… …
27skew — [[t]skju͟ː[/t]] skews, skewing, skewed VERB If something is skewed, it is changed or affected to some extent by a new or unusual factor, and so is not correct or normal. [be V ed] The arithmetic of nuclear running costs has been skewed by the… …
28skew — /skju / (say skyooh) verb (i) 1. to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course. 2. to look obliquely; squint. 3. to drive a skewnail. –verb (t) 4. to give an oblique direction to; shape or form obliquely. 5. Carpentry to drive (a nail)… …
29skew'd — a skew d horse, one of two colours. North …
30Skew arch — Skew Skew, a. Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; chiefly used in technical phrases. [1913 Webster] {Skew arch}, an oblique arch. See under {Oblique}. {Skew back}. (Civil Engin.) (a) The course of masonry, the stone, or the …
