English to English
skew
(sk/j//u/
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adjective (a)
- Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (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.(noun)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- Awry; obliquely; askew.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- having an oblique or slanting direction or position(adj.all)Example:
The picture was skew.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.(verb)source: webster1913
- To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.(verb)source: webster1913
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