To twist or turn, especially in order to fix something firmly
“Place the screw through the item to be installed and screw it into the plug.”
To fasten or tighten with a screw or screws
“Apply hot glue along the inside edge of the lid and, while it is still hot, screw the lid onto the jar.”
To physically distort or contort something
“Trying hard not to screw his face in disgust, Freid shook his head.”
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
“Trouble's, it's just a pointless greatest hits album to steal your cash and screw you.”
To extort something, especially money, from someone by putting them under strong pressure
“These lenders should stop trying to screw a profit out of their borrowers.”
To have amorous relations with (someone)
“I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again. I did not screw that woman.”
To shape badly or incorrectly
To let someone down by abandoning or neglecting them
To grab or squeeze with a twisting motion
To put securely in place or in the desired position
To urge or push inward through force
To coil something (around something else)
To expend or use less time, money, or material on something than is necessary
To leave behind or stop caring for someone or something
Plural for a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it
“It has two parallel blocks of wood connected by a large screw with a handle.”
Plural for an act of turning or twisting, or the fact of having twists and turns
“The screw rotates the wheel bolt immediately by a screw into the threaded holes.”
Plural for a ship's or aircraft's propeller (considered as acting like a screw in moving through water or air)
“On the next day, divers confirmed that the ship's screw had hit the submarine.”
Plural for one who enforces confinement in a jail or prison
Plural for a type of horse, typically small in size or providing limited utility
Plural for a device that mechanically fastens
Plural for an act of primal intimacy
Plural for a miserly or stingy person
Plural for a crease or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin
Plural for a fastening made by looping a piece of material on itself and tightening it
Plural for a point at which something turns or bends
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