Main Entry: ¹skew

Pronunciation: \ˈskyü\

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English, to escape, run obliquely, from Anglo-French *eskiuer, eschiver to escape, avoid — more at eschew

Date: 15th century

intransitive verb 1 : to take an oblique course
2 : to look askancetransitive verb 1 : to make, set, or cut on the skew
2 : to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form <skewed statistical data>