Dictionary entry details
• SCREW (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who guards prisoners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
turnkey; screw; prison guard; jailor; jailer; gaoler
Hypernyms ("screw" is a kind of...):
law officer; lawman; peace officer (an officer of the law)
keeper (someone in charge of other people)
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)
Meaning:
A propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
screw propeller; screw
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...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
outboard; outboard motor (internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat)
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"):
head (a projection out from one end)
screw thread; thread (the raised helical rib going around a screw)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "screw"):
Allen screw (a screw with a hexagonal hole in the head)
worm (screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack)
woodscrew (a metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver)
thumbscrew (screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers)
setscrew (a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring)
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)
Phillips screw (a screw with a special head having crossed slots)
metal screw (screw made of metal)
machine screw (a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole; slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver)
cap screw (a threaded screw for machine parts; screws into a tapped hole)
bolt (a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener)
Meaning:
Slang for sexual intercourse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
roll in the hay; shtup; piece of tail; piece of ass; nooky; nookie; fucking; fuck; screwing; shag; ass; screw
Hypernyms ("screw" is a kind of...):
carnal knowledge; coition; coitus; congress; copulation; intercourse; relation; sex act; sexual congress; sexual intercourse; sexual relation (the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur)
Domain usage:
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
• SCREW (verb)
Meaning:
Have sexual intercourse with
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
have it away; have it off; have sex; sleep with; lie with; make love; roll in the hay; screw; have intercourse; have a go at it; get laid; be intimate; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; hump; jazz; bed; love; bang; make out; know
Context examples:
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm / Adam knew Eve / Were you ever intimate with this man?
Hypernyms (to "screw" is one way to...):
copulate; couple; mate; pair (make love)
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
Domain usage:
archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
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
Meaning:
Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
drive in; screw
Context example:
drive in screws or bolts
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
Meaning:
Tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Screw the bottle cap on
Hypernyms (to "screw" is one way to...):
fasten; tighten (make tight or tighter)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
unscrew (loosen by turning)
Meaning:
Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
chicane; chouse; jockey; cheat; shaft; screw
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
