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noun | verb skewerskewer1 /ˈskyuɚ/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYskewer1Origin: 1400-1500 Perhaps from skiver skewer (15-19 centuries) a long metal or wooden stick that is put through pieces of meat and vegetables before they are cooked noun | verb skewerskewer2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEskewer |
Present | I, you, we, they | skewer | | he, she, it | skewers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | skewered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have skewered | | he, she, it | has skewered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had skewered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will skewer | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have skewered |
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Present | I | am skewering | | he, she, it | is skewering | | you, we, they | are skewering | Past | I, he, she, it | was skewering | | you, we, they | were skewering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been skewering | | he, she, it | has been skewering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been skewering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be skewering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been skewering |
1 to make a hole through a piece of food with a skewer2to press a long sharp object into a thing or person3to criticize someone very strongly, often in a way that other people find humorous: He skewered the popular press for its simplistic approach to social problems. |