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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