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Meaning of
skew
in English
skew
us
//skjuː//
uk
//skjuː//
#common
Past Tense
skewed
Participle Verb
skewing
Third Person Singular
skews
Definitions
Verb
to
shape
or
position
at
an
angle
;
slant
The
carpenter
will
skew
the
boards
to
fit
the
uneven
floor
.
to
make
a
distribution
asymmetrical
The
researcher
tried
to
skew
the
results
to
support
her
theory
.
to
distort
or
bias
in
a
direction
The
sampling
method
can
skew
the
data
and
lead
to
incorrect
conclusions
.
to
move
or
lie
at
an
angle
The
roof
skew
is
visible
from
the
street
.
to
look
at
something
sideways
;
with
suspicion
or
disdain
She
will
skew
her
eyes
at
him
for
his
rude
behavior
.
Adjective
neither
parallel
nor
perpendicular
to
a
line
The
skew
line
on
the
graph
indicates
an
abnormal
trend
.
non-intersecting
and
non-parallel
in
3D
space
The
two
lines
are
skew
in
the
three-dimensional
space
.
asymmetrical
around
its
mean
value
The
data
shows
a
skew
distribution
of
scores
.
Noun
a
state
of
distribution
asymmetry
;
skewness
The
skew
of
the
data
indicates
a
deviation
from
normality
.
Compounds / Phrases
skew-symmetric
skew-whiff
