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noun

IPA: /ˈskjuːə/

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The correct spelling is skewer. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking. For example: "a skew arch"

Usage Examples

a skew arch

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
  2. 2.Food served on a skewer
  3. 3.A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.W
  4. 4.That which skews something.

verb

  1. 1.To impale on a skewer.
  2. 2.To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
  3. 3.To severely mock or discredit.

adjective

  1. 1.Neither parallel nor at right angles 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.

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