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Meanings of screw in English
Catalan
carcerari Spanish
guardia de prisión 
Russian
винт Spanish
tuerca husillo 
Mechanism that converts rotational motion to linear motion, and a torque (rotational force) to a linear force; one of the six classical simple machines.
Usage of screw in English
1
Austria, also, claims the honour of the invention of the screw steamer.
2
The faint crunching sound of the screw going into the wood ceased.
3
Nail or screw the buttons to the table, as shown in Fig.
4
The screw had two arms and was over nine feet in circumference.
5
Just a screw-up on my part. Neither starting quarterback returned to action.
6
The screw was in its place, seemingly as I had put it.
7
There are too many screw-ups and mistakes from people not paying attention.
8
This was the first Boston terrier to rejoice in a screw tail.
9
Underneath this I perched myself on the plank and watched the screw.
10
The levers clanked merrily, the little screw lashed up the dark waters.
11
Pour a small quantity of paraffin round the top of the screw.
12
Soon the throb and hum told that the big screw was revolving.
13
The horsey man with the well-bred screw was first over the brook.
14
Not a bolt was loose; not a screw was out of order.
15
Because many screw-on holds are quite thin, they can be relatively fragile.
16
The opposite end of the cylinder is supported by a center screw.
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Translations for screw
Spanish
Russian
Screw through the time
Screw across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common