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SCREW definition: 1. a thin, pointed piece of metal with a raised edge twisting round along its length and a flat top…. Learn more.
A screw is an externally helical threaded fastener capable of being tightened or released by a twisting force to the head. The most common uses of screws are to hold objects together and there are many forms for a variety of materials. Screws might be inserted into holes in assembled parts or a screw may form its own thread.
The meaning of SCREW is a simple machine of the inclined plane type consisting of a spirally grooved solid cylinder and a correspondingly grooved hollow cylinder into which it fits. How to use screw in a sentence.
Screw definition: a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.. See examples of SCREW used in a sentence.
screw. (skro͞o) n. 1. a. A cylindrical rod incised with one or more helical or advancing spiral threads, as a lead screw or worm screw. b. The tapped collar or socket that receives this rod. 2. A metal pin with incised threads and a broad slotted head that can be driven as a fastener by turning with a screwdriver, especially: a.
A screw is a metal device for fastening materials together. It consists of a shank with sharp threads that cut their own thread in a material as the screw is rotated with a screwdriver.
[transitive] screw something + adv./prep. to fasten one thing to another or make something tight with a screw or screws The bookcase is screwed to the wall. You need to screw all the parts together.
noun. /skruː/ Idioms. [countable] a thin pointed piece of metal like a nail with a raised spiral line (called a thread) along it and a line or cross cut into its head. Screws are turned and pressed into wood, metal, etc. with a screwdriver in order to fasten two things together. One of the screws is loose. Now tighten all the screws.
a small, pointed piece of metal that you turn round and round to fix things together, especially pieces of wood. screw. verb. uk / skruː / us. screw sth down/to/onto, etc. to fasten something with a screw: You need to screw the cabinet to the wall. screw sth on/down/together, etc.
to force someone to do something by frightening and threatening them. a turn of the screw. an extra amount of pressure, cruelty, etc. added to a situation that is already difficult to bear or understand. See screw in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: screw.
