Screw



noun
1.
(a piece of metal for fastening things by being twisted, a fastener, a thing turned like a screw and used for tightening something or exerting pressure, a propeller, especially of a ship or motorboat, the act of screwing, prison guard, turn of screw, twist to one side, a screw propeller) wood screw វីស, ខ្ចៅ (មួល), submarine screw ស្លាបចក្រ
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ប្រាក់បៀវត្សរ៍បោកប្រាស់
verbpast tense: screwed ; past participle: screwed ; present participle: screwing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to fasten with screw, to press or stretch with screw, to work by turning, to twist round, to obtain by pressure, to extort. -have a screw loose to be odd or abnormal. -put the screws on to push, to stimulate. -screw up to ruin through stupidity of bungling) មូល (ឡោស៊ី ។ល។)
  • screw a bracket to the wall
    - ដាក់ភ្ជាប់ដោយប្រើវីស
  • screw down
    - មួលឡោស៊ីភ្ជាប់, មូលវិសភ្ជាប់, បិតគ្របដោយឡោស៊ី
  • screw on onto
    - មូលឡោស៊ីភ្ជាប់លើ, ភ្ជាប់ពីលើ
  • screw out of
    - បង្ខំអោយប្រគល់
    - មូលឡោស៊ី ឬវីសចេញ, បង្ខំអោយប្រគល់
  • screw up
    - ធ្វើមុខជូរ, ធ្វើអោយតានតឹងក្នុងចិត្ដ, ដោះស្រាយសភាព ការណ៍ពុំល្អ, ស្រាយខុស, ឆួលក្រដាស
    - ធ្វើ (មុខ) ជូរ
    - បង្ខំអោយក្លាហាន ដោះប្រាយសភាពការណ៍ពុំល្អ
  • turn of the screw
    - សម្ពាធបន្ថែមទៅលើស្ថានការណ៍អាក្រក់ស្រាប់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.
2.
Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails.
3.
Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw.
4.
A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
5.
An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
6.
An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
7.
A small packet of tobacco.
8.
An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.
9.
A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (Cf. Pitch). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
10.
An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella).
verbpast tense: screwed ; past participle: screwed ; present participle: screwing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) 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.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.
6.
(INTRANSITIVE) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
7.
(INTRANSITIVE) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.