English dictionary
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English noun: screw | |||
| 1. | screw (person) someone who guards prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, turnkey | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | keeper, law officer, lawman, peace officer | ||
| 2. | screw (artifact) a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inclined plane | ||
| 3. | screw (artifact) a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air | ||
| Synonyms | screw propeller | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | propeller, propellor | ||
| Part meronym | outboard, outboard motor, ship | ||
| 4. | screw (artifact) a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Allen screw, bolt, cap screw, machine screw, metal screw, Phillips screw, setscrew, setscrew, thumbscrew, woodscrew, worm | ||
| Part holonym | head, screw thread, thread | ||
| 5. | screw (act) slang for sexual intercourse | ||
| Synonyms | ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shag, shtup | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, congress, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation | ||
| Domain usage | argot, cant, dirty word, filth, jargon, lingo, obscenity, patois, slang, smut, vernacular, vulgarism | ||
English verb: screw | |||
| 1. | screw (contact) have sexual intercourse with | ||
| Samples | This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm. Adam knew Eve. Were you ever intimate with this man?. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue screw, Sam cannot screw Sue | ||
| 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, sleep together, sleep with | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | copulate, couple, mate, pair | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fornicate, have, take | ||
| Verb group | make out, neck | ||
| 2. | screw (contact) turn like a screw | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go around, revolve, rotate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | screw up | ||
| 3. | screw (contact) cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion | ||
| Samples | Drive in screws or bolts. | ||
| Synonyms | drive in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go around, revolve, rotate | ||
| 4. | screw (contact) tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions | ||
| Samples | Screw the bottle cap on. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, tighten | ||
| Antonyms | unscrew | ||
| 5. | screw (competition) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | ||
| Synonyms | cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, shaft | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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