Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

skewer en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskjuː.ə/ (UK)
  • /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (since after it moves out of check) A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
    • Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade. 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:
  2. (since after it moves out of check) Food served on a skewer.
  3. (since after it moves out of check) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, exposes a less valuable piece.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
the bishop can capture the white queen. canonical lexicographic
skewer a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 [Alt: {{{square}}} black queen] [Alt: {{{square}}} black king] 7 6 6 5 [Alt: {{{square}}} black bishop] 5 4 [Alt: {{{square}}} white king] [Alt: {{{square}}} white rook] 4 3 [Alt: {{{square}}} white queen] 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h The white king is skewered by the black bishop canonical lexicographic
skewers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

pin

Deriveds

skewerlike · quick release skewer · bonnet skewer

Relateds

spit

Synonyms

brochette

Translations (85)

uz six (pin used to secure food during cooking) · de Spieß (pin used to secure food during cooking) · fr enfilade (chess scenario) · tl pantuhog (pin used to secure food during cooking) · bg вилица (chess scenario) · pl szpila (chess scenario) · ota سیخ (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ko 꼬치 (pin used to secure food during cooking) · es pincho (pin used to secure food during cooking) · sh rážanj (pin used to secure food during cooking) · mk ра́жен (pin used to secure food during cooking) · is spýta (pin used to secure food during cooking) · lv iesms (pin used to secure food during cooking) · hu nyárs (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ga briogún (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ota شیش (pin used to secure food during cooking) · el σούβλα (pin used to secure food during cooking) · et varras (pin used to secure food during cooking) · es chuzo (pin used to secure food during cooking) · de Spießchen (pin used to secure food during cooking) · cy gwäell (pin used to secure food during cooking) · sv dolk (chess scenario) · fa سیخ (pin used to secure food during cooking) · uk роже́н (pin used to secure food during cooking) · lt iešmas (pin used to secure food during cooking) · es brochette (pin used to secure food during cooking) · it legnetto (pin used to secure food during cooking) · nog сис (pin used to secure food during cooking) · pt espeto (chess scenario) · es anticucho (pin used to secure food during cooking) · fr brochette (pin used to secure food during cooking) · fi varras (pin used to secure food during cooking) · es brochet (pin used to secure food during cooking) · gd dealg (pin used to secure food during cooking) · fr broche (pin used to secure food during cooking) · pl rożen (pin used to secure food during cooking) · es fierrito (pin used to secure food during cooking) · grc ὀβελός (pin used to secure food during cooking) · uk шампу́р (pin used to secure food during cooking) · sk špíz (pin used to secure food during cooking) · nl spies (pin used to secure food during cooking) · mi paoka (pin used to secure food during cooking) · fi varras (chess scenario) · nn spyd (pin used to secure food during cooking) · cy gwaellen (pin used to secure food during cooking) · sv spett (pin used to secure food during cooking) · it infilata (chess scenario) · bg шиш (pin used to secure food during cooking) · es broqueta (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ro frigare (pin used to secure food during cooking) · he שיפוד (pin used to secure food during cooking) · eu txitxi-burruntzi (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ru ви́лка (chess scenario) · ko 꼬챙이 (pin used to secure food during cooking) · be шампу́р (pin used to secure food during cooking) · vi xiên nướng thịt (pin used to secure food during cooking) · pl szpikulec (pin used to secure food during cooking) · hy շիշ (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ru ве́ртел (pin used to secure food during cooking) · nb spyd (pin used to secure food during cooking) · pt espeto (pin used to secure food during cooking) · eo rostostango (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ro țepușă (pin used to secure food during cooking) · mi pūrau (pin used to secure food during cooking) · fi paistinvarras (pin used to secure food during cooking) · th ตับ (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ka შამფური (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ja(pin used to secure food during cooking) · mi pūrou (pin used to secure food during cooking) · es espetón (pin used to secure food during cooking) · cmn 烤肉叉 (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ca broqueta (pin used to secure food during cooking) · vi xiên (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ba шеш (pin used to secure food during cooking) · cmn 扦子 (pin used to secure food during cooking) · sh ра́жањ (pin used to secure food during cooking) · tr şiş (pin used to secure food during cooking) · be ражо́н (pin used to secure food during cooking) · cs špíz (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ga scibhéar (pin used to secure food during cooking) · de Spieß (chess scenario) · es brocheta (pin used to secure food during cooking) · ru шампу́р (pin used to secure food during cooking) · hy շամփուր (pin used to secure food during cooking) · be круця́к (pin used to secure food during cooking)

skewer en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskjuː.ə/ (UK)
  • /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. To impale on a skewer.
  2. To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
  3. (figuratively) To severely mock or discredit.
    • A journalist outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday displaying one of the many tabloid covers skewering Mr. Johnson. 2022 January 13, Mark Landler, “U.K. Monarchy and Government Plunge Into Simultaneous Crises”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, image caption:
    • As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF. 2025 February 26, Roy Rivenburg, “Nellie Bowles of The Free Press punctures pretension left and right”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
    • Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework. 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
skewering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skewered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skewered Tense=Past lexicographic
skewers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

skewerable · unskewered · skewerer

Translations (34)

ko 꼬챙이에 꿰다 (to impale on a skewer) · it impalare (to impale on a skewer) · bg пронизвам (to impale on a skewer) · nl vastprikken met een vleespin (to impale on a skewer) · gl espichar (to impale on a skewer) · ota شیشلمك (to impale on a skewer) · tl tumundok (to impale on a skewer) · ru пронзать (to impale on a skewer) · es ensartar (to impale on a skewer) · el σουβλίζω (to impale on a skewer) · el διατρυπώ (to impale on a skewer) · hu nyársra húz (to impale on a skewer) · fr enfilade (chess: to attack a piece with a less valuable piece behind) · pam tungi (to impale on a skewer) · pon doakoa (to impale on a skewer) · fi varrastaa (chess: to attack a piece with a less valuable piece behind) · tr şişlemek (to impale on a skewer) · gl espetar (to impale on a skewer) · ja 串刺しにする (to impale on a skewer) · hu felnyársal (to impale on a skewer) · ja 串に刺す (to impale on a skewer) · fi seivästää (to impale on a skewer) · pt empalar (to impale on a skewer) · nl aan het spit rijgen (to impale on a skewer) · de aufspießen (to impale on a skewer) · hu nyársal (to impale on a skewer) · ru лине́йный уда́р (chess: to attack a piece with a less valuable piece behind) · fr embrocher (to impale on a skewer) · pam akbak (to impale on a skewer) · ko 꼬치에 꿰다 (to impale on a skewer) · fi varrastaa (to impale on a skewer) · ru насаживать (to impale on a skewer) · es espetar (to impale on a skewer) · mi pūrou (to impale on a skewer)

skewer en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskjuː.ə/ (UK)
  • /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From skew + -er.

Meanings

  1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of skew: more skew
    form of skew

skewer en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskjuː.ə/ (UK)
  • /ˈskjuː.ɚ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From skew + -er.

Meanings

  1. (rare) That which skews something.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
skewers Number=Plur lexicographic