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Image:Screws.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Various screws
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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-screw.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a conical, threaded tip, possibly a cylindrical, threaded body, and possibly an unthreaded cylindrical portion between the threaded part the the larger head; it is twisted directly into a solid piece of softer material, or into a pre-drilled hole slightly smaller than the outside diameter of the threads.
2. nautical A ship's propeller.
3. An Archimedes screw.
4. slang A prison guard.
5. context|vulgar|countable sexual intercourse|Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

#: have a good screw

1. slang Salary, wages.

Translations
trans-top|Fastener
Dutch: schroef f, vijs
Finnish: ruuvi
French: vis f
German: Schraube f
Hungarian: csavar
Ido: skrubo
Italian: vite f
Japanese: �� (neji)
Kurdish: KUchar|برغ�
Latvian: skrūve f
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Polish: wkr�t m, �ruba f
Portuguese: parafuso m
Romanian: �urub n
Russian: вин�, ����п
Slovene: vijak m
Spanish: tornillo m
Swahili: parafujo (noun 9/10)
Swedish: skruv c
Telugu: స���ర� (skroo)
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trans-top|A ship�s propeller
Dutch: schroef f
French: hélice
Finnish: potkuri
German: Schraube f
Ido: helico
trans-mid
Japanese: ����� (sukuryū)
Portuguese: hélice f
Russian: вин�, п�опелле�
Spanish: hélice f
Swedish: propeller c
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;See -> Archimedes screw (3)

trans-top|A prison guard
Finnish: vanginvartija (standard)
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trans-top|The act of screwing
Finnish: pano#Finnish|pano, nussiminen
French: visser
trans-mid
Italian: scopare
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Telugu: మర (mara), మరమ��� (maramEku)
ttbc|Ukrainian: гвин�, ����п

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
2. transitive vulgar slang To have sexual intercourse with.
3. transitive slang To cheat or treat unfairly. Sometimes seen in the form 'screw (someone) over'. In combining this sense with the usage as a synonym for sexual intercourse, screw follows fuck.
4. intransitive slang To be angry.
5. transitive slang To forget or not care about

Synonyms
WikiSaurus:sexual intercourse (2)
fuck (taboo slang) (2, 3)
italbrac|Australian root (2)
italbrac|British shag (2)

Antonyms
unscrew

Derived terms
screwed over
screw in
screw it
screwball
screwy
screwdriver
screw-thread

Translations
trans-top|To connect or assemble pieces using a screw
Dutch: schroeven, vijzen
Finnish: ruuvata
French: visser
German: schrauben
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Portuguese: aparafusar
Romanian: în�uruba
Swedish: skruva
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trans-top|To have sexual intercourse with
Dutch: neuken
Finnish: naida, nussia
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French: coucher avec, baiser
German: ficken
Portuguese: foder
Italian: scopare, fottere, trombare
Swedish: knulla
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trans-top|To cheat or treat unfairly
Finnish: huijata
French: tricher
German: ficken
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Romanian: p�c�li
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Anagrams
crews

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Vulgarities

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• 2007-12-20 21:55 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[pt:screw]]

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