bias



bias someone against someone or something

to prejudice someone against someone or something. Please avoid biasing everyone against me. One bad experience biased all of us against that brand of sausage.
See also: bias

on the bias

on a diagonal line; on a diagonal pathway or direction. The panels of the dress were cut on the bias. The seamstress sewed the fabric on the bias.
See also: bias, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ShaeSHAYEnglish (Modern)
Colum-Irish
Aesculapius[.i:skju'leipjəs]
'Ira'-Biblical Hebrew
Nashwa-Arabic
Dagur-Icelandic