skewer

Bedeutung

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

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈskjuː.ə/

Etymologie

From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”).

Verwandt mit Englisch

skiver

Related words

bench

yoghurt

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pizza

cabbage

Neu

skew

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