Canadian French Meaning of screwlike
Visuel
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Definitions and Meaning of screwlike in English
screwlike
to torture by means of a thumbscrew, to cause to rotate spirally about an axis, a screw-shaped device (as a corkscrew), to increase in amount, to be mentally unsound, to press tightly in a device (such as a vise) operated by a screw, a nail-shaped or rod-shaped piece with a spiral groove and a slotted or recessed head designed to be inserted into material by rotating (as with a screwdriver) and used for fastening pieces of solid material together, to rotate like or as a screw, a turn of a screw, the act of screwing tight, a small packet (as of tobacco), an act of sexual intercourse, to deprive of or cheat out of something due or expected, to copulate with, squint, skinflint, to unite or separate by means of a screw or a twisting motion, to attach, fasten, or close with a screw, to increase the intensity, quantity, or capability of, to twist into strained configurations, to furnish with a spiral groove or ridge, thumbscrew sense 1, to extract by pressure or threat, propeller, to turn or move with a twisting or writhing motion, a device (such as a corkscrew) that resembles a screw, a nail-shaped or rod-shaped metal piece with a winding groove used for fastening solid pieces together, copulate, a threaded device used in bone surgery for fixation of parts (as fragments of fractured bones), to attach, fasten, or close by means of a screw, a twist like the turn of a screw, a worn-out horse, to treat so as to bring about injury or loss (as to a person's reputation), a form that resembles a screw, a prison guard, pressure or punitive measures intended to coerce, a propeller especially of a ship, something having the shape of a screw, to twist out of shape, a person who bargains shrewdly, to operate, tighten, or adjust by means of a screw, to operate, tighten, or adjust with a screw, crumple, a partner in sexual intercourse, to turn or twist on a screwlike thread, to mistreat or exploit through extortion, trickery, or unfair actions, a simple machine consisting of a solid cylinder with a winding groove around it and a correspondingly grooved hollow cylinder into which it fits, a simple machine of the inclined plane type consisting of a spirally grooved solid cylinder and a correspondingly grooved hollow cylinder into which it fits
FAQs About the word screwlike
Visuel
to torture by means of a thumbscrew, to cause to rotate spirally about an axis, a screw-shaped device (as a corkscrew), to increase in amount, to be mentally un
spirale,enroulement,circulaire,enroulement,tire-bouchon,courbant,hélicoïdal,Torsion,curling,développante
linéaire,droite,droit,linéaire
screwing up => niaiser, screwing around => niaiser, screwed up => Bousillé, screwed around => niaisé, screwballs => Débilos,
