Definitions for skew

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Spelling: [skyoo]

IPA: /skyu/

Skew is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in skew (eksw).

Definitions for skew

noun

1. an oblique movement, direction, or position.
2. Also called skew chisel. a wood chisel having a cutting edge set obliquely.

adjective

1. having an oblique direction or position; slanting.
2. having a part that deviates from a straight line, right angle, etc.:
3. Mathematics. (of a dyad or dyadic) equal to the negative of its conjugate.
4. (of an arch, bridge, etc.) having the centerline of its opening forming an oblique angle with the direction in which its spanning structure is built.
5. Statistics. (of a distribution) having skewness.

verb (used with object)

1. to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely.
2. Slang. to make conform to a specific concept, attitude, or planned result; slant:
3. to distort; depict unfairly.

verb (used without object)

1. to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
2. to look obliquely; squint.

Origin of skew

1350-1400; (v.) Middle English skewen to slip away, swerve Middle Dutch schuwen to get out of the way, shun, derivative of schu (Dutch schuw) shy¹; (adj.) d

Examples for skew

In Scotland, hourly wage inequality matches the rest of the United Kingdom once the skew of London is factored out.

The window, in the skew side of the room, had shabby red curtains.

The arch is skew or oblique; and the gate is double, like those of Volterra and Cosa.

Other colleges took more overt actions to skew their Clery Act numbers.

If it is more than a quarter of an inch it should be sized and then removed by the skew.

Using capital gains but not government income would tend to skew the results toward the wealthy.

Thus we have squire from escuyer (êcuyer), skew from Old Fr.

There are a number of inadvertent and purposeful ways for universities to skew their Clery Act numbers.

I entreat you to give me permission to skew your ten stanzas to the abbe.

I think we skew a little younger than some of the other shows.