SKEW
Dictionary entry overview: What does skew mean?
• SKEW (adjective)
The adjective SKEW has 1 sense:
1. having an oblique or slanting direction or position
Familiarity information: SKEW used as an adjective is very rare.
• SKEW (verb)
The verb SKEW has 1 sense:
1. turn or place at an angle
Familiarity information: SKEW used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SKEW (adjective)
Meaning:
Having an oblique or slanting direction or position
Synonyms:
skew; skewed
Context example:
the picture was skew
Similar:
inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)
• SKEW (verb)
Meaning:
Turn or place at an angle
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed
Hypernyms (to "skew" is one way to...):
reorient (set or arrange in a new or different determinate position)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
align (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight)
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