English dictionary
screw
/skr/u/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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someone who guards prisoners
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a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
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a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
Synonyms screw propellerSource: WordNet 3.0
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a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
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slang for sexual intercourse
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A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the <i>thread</i>, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the <i>external</i>, or <i>male screw</i>, or, more usually the <i>screw</i>; the latter as the <i>internal</i>, or <i>female screw</i>, or, more usually, the <i>nut</i>.
Source: webster1913
verb
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have sexual intercourse with
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turn like a screw
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cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
ExamplesDrive in screws or bolts.
Synonyms drive inSource: WordNet 3.0
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tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
ExamplesScrew the bottle cap on.
Antonyms unscrewSource: WordNet 3.0
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defeat someone through trickery or deceit
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To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to <i>screw</i> a lock on a door; to <i>screw</i> a press.
Source: webster1913
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To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
Source: webster1913