Definition of: skew

(sky) v.i.
1. To take an oblique direction; move or turn aside; swerve.
2. To look obliquely or askance; squint.
—v.t.
3. To put askew; give an oblique position or direction to.
4. To shape or form in an oblique manner; distort.
—adjective
1. Placed or turned obliquely; twisted to one side; askew; hence, perverted in use or meaning.
2. Stat. Having some elements on opposite sides of a median line reversed or unbalanced; distorted: a skew curve.
—noun
1. A deviation from symmetry or straightness; distortion.
2. A sidelong glance; squint.
3. A slanting coping, as at the corner of a gable. [<AF eskiuer, OF eschiuver shun <Gmc. Related to ESCHEW.]
—skew′ly adverb