| Sounds | skruw' | |
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| Rhymes | accrue ... untrue: 23 rhymes with ruw... | |
| Meaning | someone who guards prisoners. | |
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| Synonyms | prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, turnkey | |
| Broader | keeper | someone in charge of other people |
| lawman, law officer, peace officer | An officer of the law | |
| Spanish | carcelero, funcionario de prisiones, guardia de prisión, tornillo | |
| Catalan | carceller, carcerari, escarceller, funcionari de presons | |
| Meaning | A simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole. | |
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| Broader | inclined plane | A simple machine for elevating objects |
| Verbs | screw | tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions |
| screw | turn like a screw | |
| Meaning | A propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air. | |
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| Synonym | screw propeller | |
| Part of | outboard motor, outboard | internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat |
| ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight | |
| Broader | propeller, propellor | A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water |
| Spanish | turbina | |
| Catalan | turbina | |
| Meaning | slang for sexual intercourse. | |
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| Synonyms | fuck, fucking, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup | |
| Broader | sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge | The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman |
| Usage of | obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word | An offensive or indecent word or phrase |
| slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | |
| Spanish | achuchón, caliqueño, cardar, casquete, chinga, clavo, culo, echar un polvo, follada, follar, fornicar, joder, kiki, mantecao, polvete, polvo, puñetero, revolcón | |
| Catalan | cardada, clau, follada, polvet, quiqui | |
| Verbs | screw | have sexual intercourse with |
| Meaning | Turn like a screw. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Narrower | screw up | screw or turn higher |
| Broader | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Nouns | 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 | |
| Meaning | Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "drive in screws or bolts" | |
| Synonym | drive in | |
| Broader | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Spanish | atornillar | |
| Nouns | screw | a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head |
| Meaning | tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Screw the bottle cap on" | |
| Broader | tighten, fasten | make tight / tight or tighter / tighter |
| Opposite | unscrew | loosen by turning |
| Spanish | enroscar | |
| Nouns | 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 | |
| Meaning | defeat someone through trickery or deceit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | cheat, chouse, shaft, chicane, jockey | |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Spanish | atornillar, hacer trampa, los chichos | |
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