skrå

oblique

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I. (en)

(tobak) chewing tobacco;

vb chew tobacco;

[en skrå] a quid, a plug;

[en rulle skrå] a twist of chewing tobacco.

II. (en)

(korn) crushed corn, grits pl;

vb crush.

III. vb

(gå i skrå retning) slant;

[skrå over gaden] cross the street diagonally.

IV. adj slanting ( fx roof, handwriting),

(ofte blidere) sloping ( fx line, roof, shoulders),

(mere F) inclined ( fx plane, roof),

F oblique ( fx line, rays);

T (om noget der skal rettes op) cock-eyed ( fx the picture on the wall is cock-eyed),

(spøg.) skew-whiff;

[de skrå brædder] the stage, the boards;

[optræde på de skrå brædder]

(spøg.) tread the boards;

[skrå kant] chamfered edge, bevel;

[i skrå stilling] sloping, slanting;

[på skrå, skråt]

(adv) obliquely, on the slant, slantingly;

[klippe stof på skrå] cut material on the bias;

[lægge hovedet på skrå] lean one's head on one side;

[skråt over for] diagonally opposite;

[du kan stikke det skråt op]

(vulg) you can stuff (el. shove) it (up your arse);

[skråt op!] shove it! stuff it!