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deskew

deskew verb: to rotate a scanned image to compensate for skewing.

Verb

deskew (third-person singular simple present deskews, present participle deskewing, simple past and past participle deskewed)

  1. (transitive) To rotate a scanned image to compensate for skewing.

Forms of deskew

third-person singular presentdeskews
present participledeskewing
past participledeskewed
pastdeskewed

Origin of deskew

From de- + skew.

Questions about deskew

What does deskew mean?
Deskew means to rotate a scanned image to compensate for skewing.
What part of speech is deskew?
Deskew is a verb.
What is the past tense of deskew?
The past tense of deskew is deskewed.

Words near deskew in the dictionary

  1. deskbooks
  2. deskbound
  3. desked
  4. deskercise
  5. deskercises
  6. deskew
  7. deskewed
  8. deskewing
  9. deskews
  10. deskfast
  11. deskfasts

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