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skew (skyo̵̅o̅)

intransitive verb

  1. to take a slanting or oblique course or direction; swerve or twist
  2. to squint or glance sideways (at)

Etymology: ME skewen < NormFr eskiuer, altered < OFr eschiver: see eschew

transitive verb

  1. to make slanting or oblique; set at a slant
  2. to bias, distort, or pervert

adjective

  1. turned aside or to one side; slanting; oblique
  2. having a part or arrangement that is so turned, as in gearing having the shafts neither parallel nor intersecting
  3. not symmetrical

noun

  1. a slant or twist
  2. a slanting part or movement

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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