Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Adjektiv

1. (mathematics) Neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).

Verb

1. (transitive) To change or alter in a particular direction.
2. (transitive) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
3. (transitive) To throw or hurl obliquely.
4. (intransitive) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
5. (intransitive) To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
6. (intransitive) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

Substantiv

1. (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.

Adverb

1. Awry; obliquely; askew.