I. ˈskyü 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
II. adjective
Date: 1609
1. : set, placed, or running obliquely : slanting
2. : more developed on one side or in one direction than another : not symmetrical
III. noun
Date: 1688
: a deviation from a straight line : slant