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Definition of screw
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of screw is as below...
Screw (n.) 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,
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Nut
::
Nut (n.) A
perforated
block
(usually
a small piece of
metal),
provided
with an
internal
or
female
screw
thread,
used on a bolt, or
screw,
for
tightening
or
holding
something,
or for
transmitting
motion.
See
Illust.
of lst
Bolt..
Counterbore
::
Counterbore
(n.) A
flat-bottomed
cylindrical
enlargement
of the mouth of a hole,
usually
of
slight
depth,
as for
receiving
a
cylindrical
screw
head..
Well
::
Well (v. i.) A
vertical
passage
in the stern into which an
auxiliary
screw
propeller
may be drawn up out of
water.
Turn-buckle
::
Turn-buckle
(n.) A loop or
sleeve
with a screw
thread
at one end and a
swivel
at the
other,
-- used for
tightening
a rod, stay, etc..
Chase
::
Chase (v. t.) To cut, so as to make a screw
thread..
Worm
::
Worm (n.) A short
revolving
screw,
the
threads
of which
drive,
or are
driven
by, a worm wheel by
gearing
into its teeth or cogs. See
Illust.
of Worm
gearing,
below..
Spanner
::
Spanner
(n.) An iron
instrument
having
a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a
wrench;
specifically,
a
wrench
for
unscrewing
or
tightening
the
couplings
of
hose..
Terminal
::
Terminal
(n.)
Either
of the ends of the
conducting
circuit
of an
electrical
apparatus,
as an
inductorium,
dynamo,
or
electric
motor,
usually
provided
with
binding
screws
for the
attachment
of wires by which a
current
may be
conveyed
into or from the
machine;
a
pole..
Breech Screw
::
Breech
screw () A
strong
iron or steel plug
screwed
into the
breech
of a
musket
or other
firearm,
to close the
bottom
of the
bore..
Clamp
::
Clamp (n.) An
instrument
with a screw or
screws
by which work is held in its place or two parts are
temporarily
held
together.
Worm
::
Worm (n.) The
thread
of a
screw.
Cup
::
Cup (v. t.) To make
concave
or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a
screw..
Screw
::
Screw (n.) An
instructor
who
examines
with great or
unnecessary
severity;
also, a
searching
or
strict
examination
of a
student
by an
instructor..
Screw
::
Screw (n.) A
straight
line in space with which a
definite
linear
magnitude
termed
the pitch is
associated
(cf. 5th
Pitch,
10 (b)). 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..
Thumbkin
::
Thumbkin
(n.) An
instrument
of
torture
for
compressing
the
thumb;
a
thumbscrew.
Screw-driver
::
Screw-driver
(n.) A tool for
turning
screws
so as to drive them into their
place.
It has a thin end which
enters
the nick in the head of the
screw.
Jack
::
"Jack (n.) A
portable
machine
variously
constructed,
for
exerting
great
pressure,
or
lifting
or
moving
a heavy body
through
a small
distance.
It
consists
of a
lever,
screw,
rack and
pinion,
hydraulic
press,
or any
simple
combination
of
mechanical
powers,
working
in a
compact
pedestal
or
support
and
operated
by a
lever,
crank,
capstan
bar, etc. The name is often given to a
jackscrew,
which is a kind of
jack..
Hub
::
Hub (n.) A screw hob. See Hob, 3..
Blade
::
Blade (n.) The broad part of an oar; also, one of the
projecting
arms of a screw
propeller..
Knurled
::
Knurled
(a.)
Milled,
as the head of a
screw,
or the edge of a
coin..
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