Definitions
1.VerbTo form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
2.VerbTo cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
3.VerbTo bias or distort in a particular direction."A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results."
4.VerbTo hurl or throw.
5.VerbTo move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
6.VerbTo jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
7.VerbTo look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
8.AdjectiveNeither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew."a skew arch"
9.AdjectiveOf two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
10.AdjectiveOf a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
11.AdverbAskew, obliquely; awry.
12.NounSomething that has an oblique or slanted position.
13.NounAn oblique or sideways movement.
14.NounA squint or sidelong glance.
15.NounA kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
16.NounA piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
17.NounA bias or distortion in a particular direction.
18.NounA phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
19.NounA state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
20.NounA stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
21.NounThe coping of a gable.
22.NounOne of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.
23.NounA thick drizzling rain or driving mist.