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SCREW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slang for sexual intercourse

Synonyms:

ass; fuck; fucking; nookie; nooky; piece of ass; piece of tail; roll in the hay; screw; screwing; shag; shtup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("screw" is a kind of...):

carnal knowledge; coition; coitus; copulation; intercourse; relation; sex act; sexual congress; sexual intercourse; sexual relation (sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur)

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Derivation:

screw (have sexual intercourse with)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("screw" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Meronyms (parts of "screw"):

screw thread; thread (the raised helical rib going around a screw)

head (a projection out from one end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "screw"):

Allen screw (a screw with a hexagonal hole in the head)

bolt (a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener)

cap screw (a threaded screw for machine parts; screws into a tapped hole)

machine screw (a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole; slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver)

metal screw (screw made of metal)

Phillips screw (a screw with a special head having crossed slots)

setscrew (a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted)

setscrew (a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring)

thumbscrew (screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers)

woodscrew (a metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver)

worm (screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack)

Derivation:

screw (tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions)

screw (cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion)

screw (turn like a screw)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

Synonyms:

screw; screw propeller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("screw" is a kind of...):

propeller; propellor (a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water)

Holonyms ("screw" is a part of...):

outboard; outboard motor (internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat)

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("screw" is a kind of...):

inclined plane (a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal)

Derivation:

screw (tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions)

screw (turn like a screw)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Someone who guards prisoners

Synonyms:

gaoler; jailer; jailor; prison guard; screw; turnkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("screw" is a kind of...):

law officer; lawman; peace officer (an officer of the law)

keeper (someone in charge of other people)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Synonyms:

cheat; chicane; chouse; jockey; screw; shaft

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "screw" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions

Example:

Screw the bottle cap on

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "screw" is one way to...):

fasten; tighten (make tight or tighter)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

unscrew (loosen by turning)

Derivation:

screw (a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head)

screw (a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

Example:

drive in screws or bolts

Synonyms:

drive in; screw

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "screw" is one way to...):

go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

screw (a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Turn like a screw

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "screw" is one way to...):

go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "screw"):

screw up (screw or turn higher)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

screw (a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head)

screw (a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Have sexual intercourse with

Example:

Were you ever intimate with this man?

Synonyms:

bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "screw" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Verb group:

make out; neck (kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "screw"):

have; take (have sex with; archaic use)

fornicate (have sex without being married)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue screw

Sam cannot screw Sue

Derivation:

screw; screwing (slang for sexual intercourse)

Domain usage:

archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The screw that secures an abutment onto a dental implant.

(Abutment Screw, NCI Thesaurus)

The pacing and/or sensing problem associated with high impedance due to a poor connection between a lead and generator caused by a loose set screw.

(Cardiac Device Set Screw Problem, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

They rushed in and overpowered her with their chloroform, carried her down, poured more into the coffin to insure against her waking, and then screwed down the lid.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Laurie screwed up his face and obeyed with a gingerly peck at each little cheek that produced another laugh, and made the babies squeal.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He screwed up his string to the furthest pitch, and shot his quarrel at the dangling shield.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A small screw of between 6-14mm in length placed between the roots of a tooth for purposes of anchoring the tooth during orthodontic treatment.

(Miniscrew Temporary Anchorage Device, NCI Thesaurus)

A mist dispersed; I saw my life to be forfeit; and fled from the scene of these excesses, at once glorying and trembling, my lust of evil gratified and stimulated, my love of life screwed to the topmost peg.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I sat there an hour one morning waiting for Anderson, with only her and a little girl or two in the room, the governess being sick or run away, and the mother in and out every moment with letters of business, and I could hardly get a word or a look from the young lady—nothing like a civil answer—she screwed up her mouth, and turned from me with such an air!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I ventured to unscrew one of my chairs, which were always fastened to the floor; and having made a hard shift to screw it down again, directly under the slipping-board that I had lately opened, I mounted on the chair, and putting my mouth as near as I could to the hole, I called for help in a loud voice, and in all the languages I understood.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Mrs. Goddard was the mistress of a School—not of a seminary, or an establishment, or any thing which professed, in long sentences of refined nonsense, to combine liberal acquirements with elegant morality, upon new principles and new systems—and where young ladies for enormous pay might be screwed out of health and into vanity—but a real, honest, old-fashioned Boarding-school, where a reasonable quantity of accomplishments were sold at a reasonable price, and where girls might be sent to be out of the way, and scramble themselves into a little education, without any danger of coming back prodigies.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)