skew

skew
1. adjective
schräg; schief [Gesicht]
2. noun

on the skew — schräg [überqueren]; schief [tragen, aufsetzen]

the picture is [hanging] on the skew — das Bild hängt schief

3. intransitive verb

skew round — sich drehen

* * *
[skju:] 1. adjective
(not straight or symmetrical.) schief
2. verb
(to make or be distorted, not straight.) schief machen/sein
* * *
skew
[skju:]
I. vt
1. (give slant to)
to \skew sth etw krümmen; TECH etw abschrägen
2. (distort)
to \skew sth etw verdrehen [o verzerren
3. (align incorrectly)
to \skew sth etw schräg ausrichten
II. vi
to \skew around sich akk drehen
the vehicle \skewed right around das Fahrzeug geriet ins Schleudern und drehte sich um sich selbst
the lines \skew to the left die Linien gehen nach links weg
we \skewed to the right wir schwenkten nach rechts
III. adj pred schräg, schief
IV. adv inv schräg, schief
V. n Schräglauf m
* * *
[skjuː]
1. n

on the skew — schief

2. adj (lit, fig)
schief; (= diagonal) schräg
3. vt
(= turn round) umdrehen; (= make crooked) krümmen; (fig = distort) verzerren
4. vi

the car skewed off the road — der Wagen kam von der Straße ab

the ball skews to the right — der Ball hat einen Rechtsdrall

* * *
skew [skjuː]
A v/i
1. schräg gehen
2. schielen (auch fig)
B v/t
1. seitwärtswenden, schief legen
2. TECH abschrägen
3. fig Tatsachen etc verzerren
C adj
1. schief, schräg
2. abschüssig
3. MATH windschief (Fläche, Geraden)
D s
1. Schiefe f, Schrägheit f:
on the skew schief, schräg
2. ARCH
a) schräger Kopf (eines Strebepfeilers)
b) Untersatzstein m
* * *
1. adjective
schräg; schief [Gesicht]
2. noun

on the skew — schräg [überqueren]; schief [tragen, aufsetzen]

the picture is [hanging] on the skew — das Bild hängt schief

3. intransitive verb

skew round — sich drehen

* * *
adj.
schräg adj. n.
Schräglauf m. v.
verdrehen v.

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