skew

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skew[1,verb] skew[2,adjective] skew[3,noun] skew curve skew distribution skew lines

Main Entry: ¹skew
Pronunciation: 'skyü
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, to escape, run obliquely, from Anglo-French *eskiuer, eschiver to escape, avoid -- more at ESCHEW
intransitive verb
1 : to take an oblique course
2 : to look askance
transitive verb
1 : to make, set, or cut on the skew
2 : to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form <skewed statistical data>