n.
Pronunciation: ' skyü
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 askance
transitive verb
1 : to make, set, or cut on the skew
2 : to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form < skew ed statistical data>