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Synonyms
skew (skyōō)

[Middle English skewen, to escape, run sideways, from Old North French eskiuer, of Germanic origin.]

verb: skewed, skew·ing, skews. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To take an oblique course or direction.
  2. To look obliquely or sideways.

transitive verb 

  1. To turn or place at an angle.
  2. To give a bias to; distort.

adjective 

  1. Placed or turned to one side; asymmetrical.
  2. Distorted or biased in meaning or effect.
  3. Having a part that diverges, as in gearing.
    1. Mathematics Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space.
    2. Statistics Not symmetrical about the mean. Used of distributions.

noun 

An oblique or slanting movement, position, or direction.

derivatives

skeẃness
noun