Meaning Of Skew

adv.

Awry; obliquely; askew.

a.

Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.

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.

v. i.

To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.

v. i.

To start aside; to shy, as a horse.

v. i.

To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

adv.

To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

adv.

To throw or hurl obliquely.