Wednesday, June 10, 2020

"skew : (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique..."

“skew : (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
(statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
(transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
(transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
(intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
(intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
(intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skew#English

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