Englisches Wort des Tages

screw

Schraube

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
screw
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Schraube
3. [2] Mechanik: Schnecke
Englisch > Englisch
screw
1. subst. A device that has a helical function.
2. subst. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
3. subst. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold
4. subst. (nautical) A ship's propeller.
5. subst. An Archimedes screw.
6. subst. A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
7. subst. (derogatory) A prison guard.
8. subst. (derogatory) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
9. subst. (US, slang) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
10. subst. (vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
11. subst. (vulgar, slang) A casual sexual partner.
12. subst. (slang) Salary, wages.
13. subst. (billiards) Backspin.
14. subst. (slang) A small packet of tobacco.
15. subst. (dated) An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
16. subst. (math) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a
17. subst. An amphipod crustacean.
the skeleton screw (Caprella); the sand screw
18. v. To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
19. v. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
20. v. (transitive, slang) To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. Sometimes used in the form "screw over".
21. v. To apply pressure on; to put the screws on.
22. v. To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
23. v. To contort.
24. v. (soccer, transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
25. v. (billiard, snooker, pool) To screw back.
26. v. (US, slang) To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
Deutsch > Englisch
Schraube
1. n-f. screw
2. n-f. most iconically, a screw in the sense of a fluted fastener
ux, Solange das deutsche Reich besteht, wird die Schraube nach rechts gedreht., For as long as the German empire exists, we turn the screw to th
3. n-f. a propeller advancing by helical movement
4. n-f. the simple machine called screw
5. n-f. the abstracted form things may acquire called helix
6. n-f. a spiral movement, a spin around the longitudinal axis
7. n-f. # a spiral movement around the longitudinal axis formalized in athletics