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SKEW
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an oblique or slanting direction or position
Example:
the picture was skew
Synonyms:
skew; skewed
Classified under:
Similar:
inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)
Derivation:
skewness (an oblique or slanting asymmetry)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they skew ... he / she / it skews
Past simple: skewed
Past participle: skewed
-ing form: skewing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn or place at an angle
Example:
the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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)
