skew

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
2. 2
   To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position: To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
3. 3
   To bias or distort in a particular direction.
4. 4
   To hurl or throw.
5. 5
   To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
6. 6
   To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
7. 7
   To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

Adjective

1. 1
   Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
2. 2
   Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
3. 3
   Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.

Adverb

1. 1
   Askew, obliquely; awry.

Noun

1. 1
   Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
2. 2
   An oblique or sideways movement.
3. 3
   A squint or sidelong glance.
4. 4
   A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
5. 5
   A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
6. 6
   A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
7. 7
   A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
8. 8
   A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
9. 9
   A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
10. 10
    The coping of a gable.
11. 11
    One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.
12. 12
    A thick drizzling rain or driving mist.