His wig is skew.
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Skew
//skjuː//
Synonyms for "skew" (194 found)
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100 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- асиметричен adj (of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean)
- кос adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- отклонение noun (bias or distortion in a particular direction)
- гледам накриво verb (to look at obliquely)
Czech
2 entries- šikmý adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- zkreslit verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Danish
1 entries- skæv adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
Dutch
2 entries- scheef adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- afleiden verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Estonian
2 entries- kald adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- kallutama verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Faroese
1 entries- skeivur adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
Finnish
4 entries- vino adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- vino adj (of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel)
- vino adj (of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean)
- luiskattu kivi noun (stone with a sloping surface at the foot of the slope of a gable, etc.)
French
4 entries- gauche adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- oblique adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- biaiser verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
- incliner verb (to form or shape in an oblique way)
German
4 entries- schief adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- schräg adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- windschief adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- ablenken verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Hungarian
4 entries- döntött adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- ferde adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- rézsútos adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- torz adj (of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean)
Italian
4 entries- obliquo adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- sghembo adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- trasversale adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- distorcere verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Persian
1 entries- چوله adj (of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean)
Polish
1 entries- skośny adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
Portuguese
3 entries- assimétrico adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- distorcer verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
- enviesar verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Romanian
2 entries- necoplanare adj (of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel)
- oblic adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
Russian
2 entries- скрещивающиеся adj (of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel)
- отклоня́ться verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gledati iskosa verb (to look at obliquely)
- ići koso verb (to move obliquely)
- nagnuti verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
- nakositi verb (to form or shape in an oblique way)
Slovak
4 entries- kosý adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- šikmý adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- odchýliť verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
- odkloniť verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Spanish
2 entries- asimétrico adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
- oblicuo adj (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line)
Swedish
1 entries- förvränga verb (to bias or distort in a particular direction)
Sample sentences
49 total sentences available.
In desktop publishing, some software will allow a user to skew a word or phrase in order to slant the letters by 10 or 12 degrees from the vertical, while preserving the baseline.
Source: tatoeba (9011847)
Despite Republican propaganda to the contrary, people making under $50,000 per year still skew overwhelmingly Democratic.
Source: tatoeba (12005935)
When making this joint it is important to see that the eccentric or crank is at dead-centre; if it is at the end or limit of its stroke, the rubber is skewed the full length of same; if it is at the centre, the skewing, which is the cause of wear, is halved.
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