noun Download 🔗Share A device that has a helical function. Examples : "The carpenter used screws to hold the wooden boards together tightly. " device machine technical item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side. Examples : "The loosening of the jar lid required several forceful screws. " action machine technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A prison guard. Examples : "The prisoners knew they had to be careful because the screws were watching their every move in the yard. " job police person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint. Examples : "My dad is such a screws when we go grocery shopping; he always insists on buying the cheapest brand, even if it's low quality. " character person business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. Examples : ""Professor Harding is known as one of the biggest screws in the English department; his exams are notoriously difficult and graded very harshly." " education person character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Salary, wages. Examples : "My dad works long hours, but the screws are good enough to support the family. " job business economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Backspin. Examples : "The golfer put so much screws on the ball that it stopped almost immediately after landing on the green. " sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small packet of tobacco. Examples : "My grandfather always kept a few screws in his pocket for rolling his own cigarettes. " material substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse. Examples : "My grandfather warned me not to buy that horse; he said it was just a bunch of screws and wouldn't be able to pull a plow. " animal condition Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The machine's movement follows a series of screws, each combining a rotation and a slide to precisely position the part. " physics math technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An amphipod crustacean. Examples : "the skeleton screw (Caprella); the sand screw" animal biology organism Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism. Examples : "My grandmother has had the screws for years, and her doctor says it's difficult to treat. " disease medicine body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To connect or assemble pieces using a screw. Examples : "I screws the two pieces of wood together to make a birdhouse. " technical machine action building device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. Examples : "He screws people over in business deals to get ahead. " game business action situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on. Examples : "The landlord screws his tenants by raising the rent every year, even though he doesn't make any improvements to the building. " business economy finance law politics government moral society organization action value Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To screw back. Examples : ""After fixing the bookshelf, I had to screw back the loose panel to make it sturdy." " technical machine action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination. Examples : "The professor screws his students mercilessly during the final exam. " education Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading