Thesaurus: skew

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1. adv. Awry; obliquely; askew.
2. a. Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.
3. 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.
4. v. i. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
5. v. i. To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
6. v. i. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
7. adv. To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
8. adv. To throw or hurl obliquely.
9. adj. having an oblique or slanting direction or position
10. v. turn or place at an angle
11. n:14/v:86 v. turn or place at an angle s. having an oblique or slanting direction or position