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- [skyoo]
- /skyu/
- /skjuː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skyoo]
- /skyu/
Definitions of skew word
- verb without object skew to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course. 1
- verb without object skew to look obliquely; squint. 1
- verb with object skew to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely. 1
- verb with object skew Slang. to make conform to a specific concept, attitude, or planned result; slant: The television show is skewed to the young teenager. 1
- verb with object skew to distort; depict unfairly. 1
- adjective skew having an oblique direction or position; slanting. 1
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Origin of skew
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
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.) derivative of the v. (probably influenced by askew); (noun) derivative of the v. and adj.
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Parts of speech for Skew
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skew popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
skew usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for skew
noun skew
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
- obliqueness — The characteristic of being oblique.
- obliquity — the state of being oblique.
verb skew
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- arcking — a present participle of arc.
- beveling — the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- bevelled — If a piece of wood, metal, or glass has bevelled edges, its edges are cut sloping.
adj skew
- aslant — at a slant
- cater-cornered — diagonally placed; diagonal
adjective skew
- oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
Antonyms for skew
verb skew
- collimate — to adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
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