5 letter words starting with sk

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  • SKAGS
  • SKAIL
  • SKALD
  • SKANK
  • SKARN
  • SKART
  • SKATE
  • SKATS
  • SKATT
  • SKAWS
  • SKEAN
  • SKEAR
  • SKEDS
  • SKEED
  • SKEEF
  • SKEEN
  • SKEER
  • SKEES
  • SKEET
  • SKEEV
  • SKEEZ
  • SKEGG
  • SKEGS
  • SKEIN
  • SKELF
  • SKELL
  • SKELM
  • SKELP
  • SKENE
  • SKENS
  • SKEOS
  • SKEPS
  • SKERM
  • SKERS
  • SKETS
  • SKEWS
  • SKIDS
  • SKIED
  • SKIER
  • SKIES
  • SKIEY
  • SKIFF
  • SKILL
  • SKIMO
  • SKIMP
  • SKIMS
  • SKINK
  • SKINS
  • SKINT
  • SKIOS
  • SKIPS
  • SKIRL
  • SKIRR
  • SKIRT
  • SKITE
  • SKITS
  • SKIVE
  • SKIVY
  • SKLIM
  • SKOAL
  • SKOBE
  • SKODY
  • SKOFF
  • SKOFS
  • SKOGS
  • SKOLS
  • SKOOL
  • SKORT
  • SKOSH
  • SKRAN
  • SKRIK
  • SKROO
  • SKUAS
  • SKUGS
  • SKULK
  • SKULL
  • SKUNK
  • SKYED
  • SKYER
  • SKYEY
  • SKYFS
  • SKYRE
  • SKYRS
  • SKYTE

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Definition of skews

skews (noun)

  1. Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
  2. An oblique or sideways movement.
  3. A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
  4. A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
  5. A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.

skews (verb)

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

skews (noun)

  1. 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; a skew-corbel.
  2. The coping of a gable.
  3. One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable.

Definition of skims

skims (verb)

  1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
  2. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
  3. To hasten along with superficial attention.
  4. To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
  5. To throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones)
  6. To ricochet
  7. To read quickly, skipping some detail
  8. To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
  9. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
  10. To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk
  11. To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
  12. To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
  13. To become coated over.


Definition of skulk

skulk (noun)

  1. A group of foxes.
  2. A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans).
  3. The act of skulking.
  4. One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.

skulk (verb)

  1. To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).
  2. To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.
  3. To avoid an obligation or responsibility.