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• Screw — Screw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Screwed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screwing}.] 1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Screw around — Screw Screw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Screwed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screwing}.] 1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lock washer — Lock wash er, n. A washer that is not completely smooth or flat, designed to prevent a nut from loosening, placed under the nut on a screw or bolt. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lock nut — lock′ nut n. 1) mac a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usu. having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw 2) mac a thin supplementary nut screwed down upon a regular nut to prevent its loosening •… …   From formal English to slang

• Lock (water transport) — Canal lock and lock keeper s cottage on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth in Hertfordshire, England …   Wikipedia

• Lock nut — Nut Nut (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[ o]t, Dan. n[ o]d.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• screw —    1. (of a male) to    copulate with    Referring to the entry into a reciprocal aperture:     Well you, Howard, says Flora, who did you screw last night? (Bradbury, 1975)    Either sex may be said to screw around, to copulate indiscriminately:… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• lock — Synonyms and related words: aboideau, accord, agree, air lock, answer to, articulate, assent, assort with, authority, bang, bar, barricade, barrier, batten, batten down, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bear hug, bind, block, block up,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• screw — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ wood ▪ loose VERB + SCREW ▪ turn ▪ loosen, tighten ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• screw — I. vb 1. to have sex (with). This use of the word was recorded in Grose s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in 1785. It may be a direct metaphor or may be influenced by the archaic use of screw to mean a key (turn ing in a lock). Since the late… …   Contemporary slang

• lock washer — noun washer that prevents a nut from loosening • Syn: ↑lockring, ↑lock ring • Hypernyms: ↑washer * * * noun : a washer (as a spring washer or a tooth lock washer) placed underneath a nut or screwhead to prevent loosening * * * a washer placed… …   Useful english dictionary