screw Sentence Examples
- The mechanic carefully screwed the bolt into the engine block.
- The carpenter screwed the loose plank back into place.
- The plumber unscrewed the clogged drainpipe to clear the blockage.
- The guitarist tightened the screws on his electric guitar's bridge.
- The cyclist had a flat tire and needed to screw on a new one.
- The door knob was loose and needed to be screwed back on properly.
- The light fixture was flickering, so the electrician had to tighten the loose screws.
- The bolts on the scaffolding were rusted and needed to be replaced with new screws.
- The cabinet door wouldn't stay closed, so the homeowner had to screw in a new hinge.
- The computer's case was wobbly because a few screws were missing.
screw Meaning
screw (n)
someone who guards prisoners
a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
slang for sexual intercourse
screw (v)
have sexual intercourse with
turn like a screw
cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
screw (n.)
A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, 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 external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.
Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also bolt, below.
Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See propeller, below.
A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
A small packet of tobacco.
An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.
A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
screw (v. t.)
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 screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.
To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.
screw (v. i.)
To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.
Synonyms & Antonyms of screw
FAQs About the word screw
someone who guards prisoners, a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly thread
contort, deform, curl,distort, disfigure, warp,torture, misshape, wrench, spiral
straighten, straighten, unbend, unbend,,uncurl, uncurl
The mechanic carefully screwed the bolt into the engine block.
The carpenter screwed the loose plank back into place.
The plumber unscrewed the clogged drainpipe to clear the blockage.
The guitarist tightened the screws on his electric guitar's bridge.
