| Screw: English to English |
| 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 revolve |
| Screw (n.) A small packet of tobacco. |
| Screw (n.) A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. |
| Screw (n.) 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 |
| Screw (n.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand. |
| Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. |
| Screw (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. |
| Screw (n.) An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. |
| Screw (n.) 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. |
| Screw (n.) 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, |
| Screw (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair. |
| Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting. |
| Screw (v. t.) Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions. |
| Screw (v. t.) To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination. |
| Screw (v. t.) To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws. |
| 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. |
| Screw (v. t.) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage. |