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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Skew \Skew\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skewed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Skewing.]
     1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move
        obliquely.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Child, you must walk straight, without skewing.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly
        or suspiciously. --Beau. & Fl.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Skew \Skew\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skewed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Skewing.]
     1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move
        obliquely.
  
              Child, you must walk straight, without skewing.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
  
     2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     3. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly
        or suspiciously. --Beau. & Fl.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  skewed
       adj : having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the
             picture was skew" [syn: skew]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  skewed
     a.
     1 twisted at an angle.
     2 (lb en statistics of information) biased, distorted
     vb.
     (infl of en skew  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  skewed
     a.
     1 twisted at an angle.
     2 (lb en statistics of information) biased, distorted
     vb.
     (infl of en skew  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  skewed
     a.
     1 twisted at an angle.
     2 (lb en statistics of information) biased, distorted
     vb.
     (infl of en skew  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  skewed
     a.
     1 twisted at an angle.
     2 (lb en statistics of information) biased, distorted
     vb.
     (infl of en skew  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  skewed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s kew ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  skewed
     Engelska a.
     1 vinklad
     2 (avledning en skew ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb skew)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Skewed /skjˈuːd/
  منحرف

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/
  zkosení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/ 
  zešikmený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/ 
  zkosený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/ 
  zkreslený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/
  schräg verlaufend, schräg, schief, abgeschrägt 
   see: skewed slot
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/
  schräg verlaufen, schräg gelaufen
   see: skew, skewing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/
  verdreht, verzerrt, verfälscht, verfremdet
     Synonyms: distorted, warped
  
   see: distort sth., skew sth., warp sth., distorting, skewing, warping, distorts, skews, warps, distorted, skewed, warped, distort/skew the facts, distort/skew the result, distort/skew the figures/data, warp sb.'s judgement, External influences may distort the results.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/
  verdrehte, verzerrte, verfälschte, verfremdete
     Synonyms: distorted, warped
  
   see: distort sth., skew sth., warp sth., distorting, skewing, warping, distorted, skewed, warped, distorts, skews, warps, distort/skew the facts, distort/skew the result, distort/skew the figures/data, warp sb.'s judgement, External influences may distort the results.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/
  verdreht, verwunden
     Synonyms: distorted, twisted, warped
  
   see: distort, twist, warp, skew sth., distorting, twisting, warping, skewing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/
  verzerrt, unrichtig, inkorrekt 
           Note: z. B. Ergebnisse, Statistiken

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/ 
  1. vino, vinoutunut, vääristynyt
  biased, distorted
  2. vino
  twisted at an angle

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  skewed /skjˈuːd/
  1. egyoldalas
  2. aszimmetrikus
  3. elferdült

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈskjud/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "skewed":
     agee, agee-jawed, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint,
     asymmetric, awry, catawampous, catawamptious, cockeyed, crooked,
     deflected, deflective, diffracted, diffractive, diffuse, diffused,
     disparate, dispersed, disproportionate, distorted, flectional,
     flexed, ill-matched, ill-sorted, inadequate, inflective,
     insufficient, irregular, mismatched, odd, out of proportion,
     refracted, refractile, refractive, refrangible, scattered, skew,
     skew-jawed, slaunchways, squinting, unequal, uneven, wamper-jawed,
     wry, yaw-ways
  
  

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