Words Like SCREW
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SCREW.
35 Alternative Words Similar to screw
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Thumbscrew
Noun Hyponym
6 examples of screw
1
the skeleton screw (Caprella)
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to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press
3
to screw his visage
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he screws about in his chair
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Adam knew Eve
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Were you ever intimate with this man?
10 definitions of screw
1
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 Screw bolt, below.
2
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 Screw propeller, below.
3
A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
4
An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
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An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
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A small packet of tobacco.
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An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.
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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.
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An amphipod crustacean. See Sand screw, under Sand.
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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.