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skew·er
(skyo͞o′ər)n.
1. A long metal or wooden pin used to secure or suspend food during cooking; a spit.
2. Any of various picks or rods having a function or shape similar to a skewer.
tr.v. skew·ered, skew·er·ing, skew·ers
1. To hold together or pierce with a skewer or other pointed object.
2. To ridicule or criticize harshly: a reviewer who skewered the tedious movie.
[Middle English skuer, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
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skewer
(ˈskjʊə)n
1. (Cookery) a long pin for holding meat in position while being cooked, etc
2. (Tools) a similar pin having some other function
3. (Chess & Draughts) chess a tactical manoeuvre in which an attacked man is made to move and expose another man to capture
vb
(tr) to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer
[C17: probably from dialect skiver]
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skew•er
(ˈskyu ər)n.
1. a long pin for inserting through meat or other food to hold it while cooking.
2. any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place.
v.t. 3. to fasten with or as if with a skewer.
[1670–80; akin to earlier skiver, of obscure orig.]
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skewer
Past participle: skewered
Gerund: skewering
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
skewer
To fasten food onto a pointed wooden or metal stick.
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| Noun | 1. |  skewer - a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roastedpin - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things spit - a skewer for holding meat over a fire |
| Verb | 1. | skewer - drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" pin - pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly" |
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skewer
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Translations
سِيخسيخ صَغير
grilovací jehlajehlašpejlešpíz
grilllspydspid
paistinvarrasseivästäävarrasvarrastaa
ražnjić
kjötprjónn
焼き串
꼬챙이
iesms
špajdľa
grillspett
ไม้เสียบ
cái xiên
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
skewer
[ˈskjuːər] n (for kebabs) → brochette f
vt [+ joint of meat, diced meat] → préparer en brochettesskew-whiff [ˌskjuːˈhwɪf] adj (British) → de traviole
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
skewer
(ˈskjuə) noun a long pin of wood or metal for keeping meat together while roasting. Put the cubes of meat on a skewer.
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skewer
→ سِيخ grilovací jehla spid Fleischspieß σουβλάκι pincho paistinvarras brochette ražnjić spiedino 焼き串 꼬챙이 spies grillspyd szpikulec espetinho, espeto шампур grillspett ไม้เสียบ kebap şişi cái xiên 串肉扦Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009