Skew

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Skew

Skew : சாய்வு

Skew definition

Adverb.

  1. Awry; obliquely; askew.
  2. To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  3. To throw or hurl obliquely.

Adjective. Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.

Noun. A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
  2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
  3. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.