Definition of skew Skew

/skjuˈ/ - [skyu] - skew

We found 19 definitions of skew from 8 different sources.

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What does skew mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

skews, skewing, skewed  

skew - turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"
  aline, align, adjust, line up place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
  reorient set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; "Orient the house towards the South"

Adjective

skew, skewer, skewest

skew - having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew"
  skewed
  inclined at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • skew (Verb)
    To change or alter in a particular direction.
  • 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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • skew (adv.)
    Awry; obliquely; askew.
  • skew (a.)
    Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
  • 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.
  • skew (v. i.)
    To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
  • skew (v. i.)
    To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
  • skew (v. i.)
    To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
  • skew (adv.)
    To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  • skew (adv.)
    To throw or hurl obliquely.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • skew
    Geometry: spatial situation of two straight lines that are not both in the same plane

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • skew
    skū, adj. oblique: intersecting a road, river, &c. not at right angles, as a bridge.—adv. awry: obliquely.—v.t. to turn aside.—n. a deviation, a mistake: a squint: (archit.) the sloping top of a buttress slanting off against a wall.—ns. Skew′-arch, an arch standing obliquely on its abutments; Skew′-back (archit.), the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against.—adj. Skew′-bald, spotted irregularly, piebald.—n. Skew′-bridge, a bridge having its arch or arches set obliquely on its abutments, as when a railway crosses a road, &c., at an oblique angle.—adjs. Skewed, distorted; Skew-gee′ (coll.), crooked.—n. Skew′-wheel, a bevel-wheel with teeth formed obliquely on the rim. [Old Dut. schūwen (Dut. schuwen); Ger. scheuen, to shun; cf. Shy.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • skew
    Awry, oblique; as a skew bridge, skew angle, &c. Also, in Cornwall, drizzling rain. Also, a rude-fashioned boat.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • skew
    A cup, or beggar's wooden dish.

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  • skew, verb, present, 1st person singular of skew (infinitive).
  • skew, verb (infinitive).
  • skew, noun, singular of skews.
  • skew, adjective.

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