| VERB | change | skew | turn or place at an angle |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | skew, skewed | having an oblique or slanting direction or position |
| Sounds | skyuw' | |
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| Rhymes | anew ... Yue: 59 rhymes with yuw... | |
| Meaning | Having an oblique or slanting direction or position. | |
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| Example | "the picture was skew" | |
| Synonym | skewed | |
| Broader | inclined | At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position |
| Nouns | skewness | an oblique or slanting asymmetry |
| Meaning | Turn or place at an angle. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed" | |
| Broader | reorient | set or arrange in a new or different determinate position |
| Opposite | align, aline, line up, adjust | place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight |
| Catalan | desviar-se, desviar, esbiaixar, torçar-se | |
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