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41screw — 01. We need some [screws] to put this shelf up on the wall. 02. The threads on this [screw] are gone, and it keeps coming out. 03. I had to [screw] the bolt in with my fingernail because I didn t have any tools. 04. Beer bottles these days all… …
42screw up — phrasal verb Word forms screw up : present tense I/you/we/they screw up he/she/it screws up present participle screwing up past tense screwed up past participle screwed up 1) [transitive] to make something into a smaller shape by squeezing or… …
43screw up — 1) PHR V ERG If you screw up your eyes or your face, you tighten your eye or face muscles, for example because you are in pain or because the light is too bright. [V P n (not pron)] She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too… …
44screw — 1. noun a) A simple machine, a helical inclined plane. have a good screw b) A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and …
45screw — [15] Screw comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning ‘female pig’ – scrōfa (source also of English scrofula [14], a disease to which pigs were once thought to be particularly prone). By the medieval period scrōfa was being used for a ‘screw’,… …
46screw-up — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms screw up : singular screw up plural screw ups informal a situation in which someone makes a big mistake There s been a big screw up with the mailing list – no one s received the invitations.… …
47screw — 1. tv. & in. to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) □ The sailor wanted to screw somebody bad. 2. tv. & in. to cheat or deceive someone. □ The sales clerk screwed me on this watch. □ You can count on somebody screwing you at a… …
48screw — [15] Screw comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning ‘female pig’ – scrōfa (source also of English scrofula [14], a disease to which pigs were once thought to be particularly prone). By the medieval period scrōfa was being used for a ‘screw’,… …
49screw — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ wood ▪ loose VERB + SCREW ▪ turn ▪ loosen, tighten ▪ …
50screw — [skruː] verb [T] I 1) to fasten one thing to another using screws Ant: unscrew The rails need to be firmly screwed to the wall.[/ex] 2) to put something into its position by turning it Ant: unscrew Make sure you screw the lid on firmly to keep… …
