skew
verb /skjuː/
/skjuː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they skew | /skjuː/ /skjuː/ |
| he / she / it skews | /skjuːz/ /skjuːz/ |
| past simple skewed | /skjuːd/ /skjuːd/ |
| past participle skewed | /skjuːd/ /skjuːd/ |
| -ing form skewing | /ˈskjuːɪŋ/ /ˈskjuːɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] skew something to change or influence something with the result that it is not accurate, fair, normal, etc.
- to skew the statistics
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (British English) to move or lie at an angle, especially in a position that is not normal
- The ball skewed off at a right angle.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘move obliquely’): shortening of Old Northern French eskiuwer, variant of Old French eschiver ‘eschew’.