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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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 force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              But screw your courage to the sticking place,
              And we'll not fail.                   --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by
        unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Our country landlords, by unmeasurable screwing and
              racking their tenants, have already reduced the
              miserable people to a worse condition than the
              peasants in France.                   --swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He screwed his face into a hardened smile. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe
        examination. [Cant, American Colleges]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To screw out, to press out; to extort.
  
     To screw up,
        (a) to force; to bring by violent pressure. --Howell.
        (b) to damage by unskillful effort; to bungle; to botch;
            to mess up.
        (c) [intrans] to fail by unskillful effort, usu. causing
            unpleasant consequences.
  
     To screw in, to force in by turning or twisting.
  
     Screw around
        (a) to act aimlessly or unproductively.
        (b) screw around with, to operate or make changes on (a
            machine or device) without expert knowledge; to fiddle
            with.
        (c) [Colloq.]commit adultery; to be sexually promiscuous.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Screwing \Screw"ing\,
     a. & n. from Screw, v. t.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Screwing machine. See Screw machine, under Screw.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
  
              But screw your courage to the sticking place, And
              we'll not fail.                       --Shak.
  
     3. Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by
        unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
  
              Our country landlords, by unmeasurable screwing and
              racking their tenants, have already reduced the
              miserable people to a worse condition than the
              peasants in France.                   --swift.
  
     4. To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
  
              He screwed his face into a hardened smile. --Dryden.
  
     5. To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe
        examination. [Cant, American Colleges]
  
     To screw out, to press out; to extort.
  
     To screw up, to force; to bring by violent pressure.
        --Howell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Screwing \Screw"ing\,
     a. & n. from Screw, v. t.
  
     Screwing machine. See Screw machine, under Screw.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  screwing
       n : slang terms for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking,
           screw, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece
           of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  screwing
     a.
     (lb en archaic) exacting; extortionate; close.
     n.
     The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
     vb.
     (present participle of en screw nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  screwing
     a.
     (lb en archaic) exacting; extortionate; close.
     n.
     The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
     vb.
     (present participle of en screw nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  screwing
     a.
     (lb en archaic) exacting; extortionate; close.
     n.
     The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
     vb.
     (present participle of en screw nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  screwing
     a.
     (lb en archaic) exacting; extortionate; close.
     n.
     The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
     vb.
     (present participle of en screw nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  screwing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s crew ing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Screwing /skɹˈuːɪŋ/
  الشدّ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  screwing /skɹˈuːɪŋ/ 
  šroubovací

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  screwing /skɹˈuːɪŋ/ 
  šroubování