screw
A device that has a helical functionA device that has a helical function.: A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
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» How small a screw do you need?
Wie klein muss die Schraube sein, die du brauchst? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Examples
159 sentencesHow small a screw do you need?
deWie klein muss die Schraube sein, die du brauchst? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
One of the screws has come out.
ruОдин из винтов выкрутился. — marafon
Tom put the screws in a small plastic bag.
Meaning
18 sensesA device that has a helical function.
A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
Schraube
винтvint, шуру́пšurúp
гвинтhvynt, шуру́пšurúp
A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
Schraube
винтvint
a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
A ship's propeller.
Schraube, Schiffsschraube
винтvint, пропе́ллерpropéller
пропе́лерpropéler
More meanings 15
An amphipod crustacean.
the skeleton screw (Caprella)
the sand screw
A device that has a helical function.
An Archimedes screw.
A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
Backspin.
A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. 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.
(in the plural, informal, with definite article)Rheumatism.
(derogatory, slang)A prison guard.
Wächter, Aufpasser, Wärter
вертуха́йvertuxáj
someone who guards prisoners
(derogatory, slang)An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
Origin
From Middle English screw, scrue (“screw”); apparently, despite the difference in meaning,From Middle English screw, scrue (“screw”); apparently, despite the difference in meaning, from Old French escroue (“nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole”), from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis. There is also the Old French escruve (“screw”), from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)), which probably influenced or conflated with the aforementioned, resulting in the Middle English word.
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Forms
plural: screwsSynonyms
12 synonyms- someone who guards prisoners:prison guardjailerjailorgaolerturnkey
- a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air:screw propeller
- slang for sexual intercourse:screwingnookynookiepiece of tailroll in the hayshag
Word family
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