Screw: meaning in English

verb

Join or fasten (something) to something else.

Usage examples:

Attach your safety line to the bridge

noun

A long flat strip of squared timber or metal used to hold something in place or as a fastening against a wall.

Usage examples:

The horizontal timber battens of the south wall overlay profiled metal sheets, changing the scale o…

verb

Strengthen or fasten (something) with battens.

Usage examples:

Stephen was battening down the shutters

verb

Thrive or prosper at the expense of.

Usage examples:

Multinational monopolies batten on the working classes

verb

Obtain or withhold money from (someone) unfairly or by deceit; cheat or defraud.

Usage examples:

An apparently benevolent elderly gentleman bilked me of twenty dollars

noun

A bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window.

Usage examples:

He reached through the hole in the door and slid the bolt on the inside.

verb

Fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket.

Usage examples:

All the doors were locked and bolted

verb

(of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly, typically from fear.

Usage examples:

The horses shied and bolted

noun

A nail of rectangular cross section with a flat tip and a small, typically asymmetrical head.

Usage examples:

Drive 5/8-in. brads through the plywood into the cleats.

noun

Abbreviation for british rate and data: a book published every month giving detailed information about uk magazines, newspapers, etc. that contain advertising, for example how much they charge to include advertisements

Usage examples:

The certified figure is described as the 'abc circulation' of the publication in question, and is p…

verb

Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

She always cheats at cards

noun

A person who behaves dishonestly in order to gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

Athletes who abide by the rules are up against cheats with a distinct advantage.

verb

To act in a way that is dishonest, or to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get something for yourself

Usage examples:

[ t ] the insurance companies were found to be cheating consumers., [ t ] they got cheated out of t…

noun

A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.

Usage examples:

I have fixed the motor to the table with two clamps

verb

Fasten (something) in place with a clamp.

Usage examples:

The sander is clamped on to the edge of a workbench

noun

A heap of potatoes or other root vegetables stored under straw or earth.

Usage examples:

There is also a theory about making a potato clamp to keep them in over the winter.

noun

A flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place.

Usage examples:

He undid two clips and lifted the lid

verb

Fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips.

Usage examples:

She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings

noun

An act of clipping or trimming something.

Usage examples:

I gave him a full clip

verb

Trick or deceive.

Usage examples:

Do not think to cozen your contemporaries

verb

Illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception.

Usage examples:

He used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds

verb

To take or keep something illegally from someone by deceiving the person

Usage examples:

She is charged with defrauding the internal revenue service.

verb

To take money or goods illegally from someone by deceiving them

Usage examples:

Defraud sb of sth an architect and two surveyors defrauded a charity trust of £3.5m by invoicing it…

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something.

Usage examples:

He thought he'd been diddled out of his change

verb

To get money from someone in a way that is not honest

Usage examples:

He diddled me! he said that there were six in a bag, but there were only five., i checked the bill …

verb

Perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).

Usage examples:

Very little work has been done in this field

noun

Used before a verb (except be, can, may, ought, shall, will ) in questions and negative statements.

Usage examples:

Do you have any pets?

noun

Variant spelling of doh1.

verb

Close or do up securely.

Usage examples:

The tunic was fastened with a row of gilt buttons

verb

To make or become firmly attached or closed

Usage examples:

[ i ] this skirt fastens at the back., [ t ] fasten your seatbelt.

noun

A device that closes or secures something.

Usage examples:

The fasteners that attach the panel to the wall had corroded

noun

A button or other device for joining together the separate parts of something, esp. clothes

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

noun

The woolly covering of a sheep or goat.

Usage examples:

As the sheep came on board, we grabbed their long shaggy fleeces

verb

Obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them.

Usage examples:

The city's cab drivers are notorious for fixing fares and fleecing tourists

verb

Make a higher offer for a house than (someone whose offer has already been accepted by the seller) and thus succeed in acquiring the property.

Usage examples:

The trio are fuming after they were gazumped by a property speculator

verb

To refuse to sell a house that you own to someone you have agreed to sell it to, and to sell it instead to someone who offers to pay more for it

Usage examples:

Sally's offer for the house has been accepted, but she's worried she might be gazumped.

verb

Make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade.

Usage examples:

The channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water

noun

A chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery.

Usage examples:

A chisel, two gouges, jewelers' shears, and the plane blade were made in sheffield.

verb

An impression in a surface, as made by a blow

verb

Cheat or swindle (someone).

Usage examples:

A young inventor gypped by greedy financiers

noun

An act of cheating someone; a swindle.

Usage examples:

That also means i never actually turned into a four-foot dragon, which is kind of a gyp.

noun

Pain or discomfort.

Usage examples:

One of her achilles tendons had begun giving her gyp

verb

Lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She heaved the sofa back into place

noun

An act of heaving.

Usage examples:

With that last heave, maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud

verb

To pull, push, lift, or throw something heavy

Usage examples:

[ t always + adv/prep ] he leaned his weight against the door and heaved it open., [ i ] after the …

noun

A rigid bar resting on a pivot, used to move a heavy or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other.

Usage examples:

A tyre lever

verb

Lift or move with a lever.

Usage examples:

She levered the lid off the pot with a screwdriver

noun

A handle that you move to control the operation of a machine

Usage examples:

He pushed the lever into the "on" position and started the machine.

verb

Extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation.

Usage examples:

They have turned mulcting taxpayers into an art form

noun

A fine or compulsory payment.

Usage examples:

The punishments and penalty for first offense could include a jailhouse term of up to one twelvemon…

verb

To make someone pay money, as a fine (= a punishment) or in tax

Usage examples:

The jury mulcted me for $50.

noun

A small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven into wood to join things together or to serve as a hook.

Usage examples:

Don't try and hammer nails into the ceiling joists

verb

A medieval measure of length for cloth, equal to 2 1/4 inches.

verb

A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

verb

Charge (someone) too high a price for goods or a service.

Usage examples:

Send your bill to the law society if you think you've been overcharged

noun

An excessive charge for goods or a service.

Usage examples:

An overcharge of £40

noun

A thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc.

Usage examples:

One of them cleverly decorates a vase by drawing plant leaves using a sharp pin, while another shap…

verb

Attach or fasten with a pin or pins.

Usage examples:

He pinned the badge on to his lapel

noun

An identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.

noun

A short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place.

Usage examples:

A rectangular plate containing an iron rivet

verb

Join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets.

Usage examples:

The linings are bonded, not riveted, to the brake shoes for longer wear

noun

A metal pin used to fasten together flat pieces of metal or other thick materials such as leather

Usage examples:

Her performance riveted the audience.

verb

Take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force.

Usage examples:

He tried, with three others, to rob a bank

verb

Take

verb

To take money or property from a person or place illegally

Usage examples:

Two men robbed the store last night., elderly people should not be robbed of their dignity.

verb

Move with urgent haste.

Usage examples:

Oliver rushed after her

noun

A sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.

Usage examples:

There was a rush for the door

noun

An erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

Usage examples:

Then the land went down, and there was marsh of rushes and willow and hazel.

adjective

Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

Usage examples:

Check to ensure that all nuts and bolts are secure

verb

Fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

Usage examples:

Pins secure the handle to the main body

adjective

Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse

Usage examples:

A secure job, people want to feel secure economically., the museum has a large endowment, so its fu…

verb

To give someone back less money than they are owed when they are buying something from you

Usage examples:

The check-out girl short-changed her., the case alleges that the company shortchanged female employ…

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

Usage examples:

[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…

verb

Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.

Usage examples:

Soak the beans overnight in water

noun

An act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time.

Usage examples:

I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath

verb

Submerge in a liquid

noun

A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.

Usage examples:

The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.

verb

Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.

Usage examples:

She spiked another oyster

noun

A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.

Usage examples:

This handsome plant has striking blue flowers in a spike on the stem

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

noun

A small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.

Usage examples:

The poor fellow has neither the tusks of the elephant, nor the claws of the lion, nor even the horn…

verb

Wound or pierce with a sting.

Usage examples:

He was stung by a jellyfish

verb

(esp. of insects, plants, and animals) to produce a small but painful injury by making a very small hole in the skin

Usage examples:

[ i ] why do bees sting?, [ t ] cold air stung jack’s lungs., [ i ] the soap made his eyes sting., …

verb

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.

Usage examples:

A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds

noun

A fraudulent scheme or action.

Usage examples:

He is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle

verb

To cheat or trick someone in order to get money from them

Usage examples:

Swindle sb out of sth a web-based company swindled customers out of $15 million., victims of the sw…

noun

A small, sharp broad-headed nail.

Usage examples:

Tacks held the remaining rags of carpet to the floor

verb

Fasten or fix in place with tacks.

Usage examples:

He used the tool to tack down sheets of fibreboard

noun

Equipment used in horse riding, including the saddle and bridle.

Usage examples:

New materials will also be used for tack and horse equipment.

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

noun

A sudden violent twist or pull.

Usage examples:

With a wrench tony wriggled free

verb

Pull or twist suddenly and violently.

Usage examples:

Casey grabbed the gun and wrenched it from my hand

verb

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments