Screw

//skɹuː//

Synonyms for "screw" (587 found)

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Closest matches (118)

Strong matches (176)

Related words (293)

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35 entries

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Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

at location

6 entries

capable of

2 entries

derived

138 entries

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has context

11 entries

is a

8 entries

manner of

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part of

3 entries

related to

37 entries

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similar

2 entries

used for

13 entries

Translations

420 translations across 140 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • neuk noun (fastener)
  • skroef noun (fastener)

Albanian

2 entries
  • helikë noun (fastener)
  • vidhë noun (fastener)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ብሎን noun (fastener)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بُرْغِيّ noun (fastener)
  • قَلَاوُوظ noun (fastener)
  • لَوْلَب noun (simple machine)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • torniello noun (fastener)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պտուտակ noun (fastener)

Asturian

1 entries
  • torniellu noun (fastener)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • vint noun (fastener)
  • şurup noun (fastener)
  • bağlamaq verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)
  • burmaq verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • винт noun (fastener)
  • шөрөп noun (fastener)

Basque

2 entries
  • gabila noun (fastener)
  • torloju noun (fastener)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Schraubn noun (fastener)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • вінт noun (ship’s propeller)
  • прапе́лер noun (ship’s propeller)
  • шру́ба noun (fastener)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • पेंच noun (fastener)

Breton

2 entries
  • biñs noun (fastener)
  • biñsañ verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • болт noun (fastener)
  • бурма noun (fastener)
  • винт noun (fastener)
  • винт noun (ship’s propeller)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဝက်အူ noun (fastener)

Catalan

4 entries
  • bis noun (fastener)
  • caragol noun (fastener)
  • cargol noun (fastener)
  • hèlice noun (ship’s propeller)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • برغی noun (fastener)

Chechen

1 entries
  • винт noun (fastener)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 螺絲 /螺丝 noun (fastener)
  • 螺絲釘 /螺丝钉 noun (fastener)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 螺旋槳 /螺旋桨 noun (ship’s propeller)
  • 螺絲釘 /螺丝钉 noun (fastener)
  • 螺釘 /螺钉 noun (fastener)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • винт noun (fastener)

Cornish

1 entries
  • skrew noun (fastener)

Corsican

1 entries
  • vita noun (fastener)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • vint noun (fastener)

Czech

4 entries
  • bachař noun (prison guard)
  • lodní šroub noun (ship’s propeller)
  • vrut noun (simple machine)
  • vrut noun (fastener)

Danish

4 entries
  • knald noun (act of screwing)
  • skrue noun (simple machine)
  • skrue noun (fastener)
  • skrue noun (ship’s propeller)

Dutch

4 entries
  • schroef noun (fastener)
  • schroef noun (ship’s propeller)
  • vijs noun (fastener)
  • naaien verb (to cheat or treat unfairly)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • གཅུས་གཟེར། noun (fastener)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • skruv noun (fastener)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • helico noun (ship’s propeller)
  • ŝraŭbo noun (fastener)
  • fiki verb (to have sexual intercourse with)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kruvi noun (fastener)

Faroese

2 entries
  • skrúva noun (fastener)
  • skrúva noun (ship’s propeller)

Finnish

4 entries
  • nussiminen noun (act of screwing)
  • pano noun (act of screwing)
  • potkuri noun (ship’s propeller)
  • ruuvi noun (simple machine)

French

4 entries
  • hélice noun (ship’s propeller)
  • vis noun (fastener)
  • visser noun (act of screwing)
  • baiser verb (to have sexual intercourse with)

Friulian

1 entries
  • vît noun (fastener)

Galician

4 entries
  • hélice noun (ship’s propeller)
  • parafuso noun (fastener)
  • ambrar verb (to have sexual intercourse with)
  • anicar verb (to have sexual intercourse with)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ხრახნი noun (fastener)
  • ხრახნი noun (ship’s propeller)

German

4 entries
  • Anschrauben noun (act of screwing)
  • Aufpasser noun (prison guard)
  • Einschrauben noun (act of screwing)
  • Festschrauben noun (act of screwing)

Greek

4 entries
  • έλικα noun (ship’s propeller)
  • βίδα noun (fastener)
  • βίδωμα noun (act of screwing)
  • δεσμοφύλακας noun (prison guard)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • qinnilik noun (fastener)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • સ્ક્રૂ noun (fastener)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • vis noun (fastener)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kui nao noun (fastener)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בֹּרֶג noun (fastener)
  • בורג noun (fastener)
  • דפק verb (to have sexual intercourse with)
  • דפק verb (to cheat or treat unfairly)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पेंच noun (fastener)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csavar noun (simple machine)
  • csavar noun (fastener)
  • becsap verb (to cheat or treat unfairly)
  • kibabrál verb (to cheat or treat unfairly)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skrúfa noun (fastener)

Ido

3 entries
  • skrubo noun (fastener)
  • skrubagar verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)
  • visar verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)

Ilokano

1 entries
  • tornilio noun (fastener)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • sekrup noun (fastener)
  • sipir noun (prison guard)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • vite noun (fastener)

Irish

1 entries
  • scriú noun (fastener)

Italian

4 entries
  • elica noun (ship’s propeller)
  • scopata noun (act of screwing)
  • vite noun (fastener)
  • chiavare verb (to have sexual intercourse with)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ねじ noun (fastener)
  • スクリュー noun (ship’s propeller)
  • 螺子 noun (fastener)

Jingpho

1 entries
  • we wu noun (fastener)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • parafuze noun (fastener)
  • parafuzu noun (fastener)

Karakhanid

1 entries
  • سِكْماكْ verb (to have sexual intercourse with)

Karelian

3 entries
  • kruuvi noun (fastener)
  • ruuvi noun (fastener)
  • vintta noun (fastener)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • szruwa noun (fastener)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бұрамашеге noun (fastener)
  • бұранда noun (fastener)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ខ្ចៅ noun (fastener)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries
  • дзурк noun (fastener)

Korean

1 entries
  • 나사 noun (fastener)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • шуруп noun (fastener)

Ladin

1 entries
  • vida noun (fastener)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກຽວ noun (fastener)
  • ຄວງ noun (fastener)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • skryva noun (fastener)
  • škruba noun (fastener)

Latin

1 entries
  • clavus cochleatus noun (fastener)

Latvian

1 entries
  • skrūve noun (fastener)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • via noun (fastener)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • sjroef noun (fastener)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • sraigtas noun (fastener)
  • sraigtas noun (ship’s propeller)
  • varžtas noun (fastener)

Livonian

1 entries
  • skrõuv noun (fastener)

Lombard

1 entries
  • vid noun (fastener)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • šruba noun (fastener)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Schrauf noun (fastener)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • завртка noun (fastener)
  • шраф noun (fastener)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • visy noun (fastener)

Malay

4 entries
  • pelir itik noun (fastener)
  • pelitik noun (fastener)
  • sekerup noun (fastener)
  • skru noun (fastener)

Maltese

2 entries
  • kamin noun (fastener)
  • vit noun (fastener)

Manx

1 entries
  • scrod noun (fastener)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • шрүп noun (fastener)
  • шураг noun (fastener)
  • эрэг noun (fastener)
  • эрэг шураг noun (fastener)

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • schrauf noun (fastener)

Māori

3 entries
  • kōwiri noun (fastener)
  • tīwiri noun (fastener)
  • kupi verb (to contort)

Nogai

2 entries
  • бурав noun (fastener)
  • винт noun (fastener)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • skruva noun (fastener)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • skrue noun (fastener)
  • skruing noun (act of screwing)
  • skru verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skrue noun (fastener)

Occitan

1 entries
  • vitz noun (fastener)

Ossetian

2 entries
  • винт noun (fastener)
  • лӕсгӕр noun (fastener)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • ویده noun (fastener)
  • بورمق verb (to contort)
  • بوكمك verb (to contort)
  • دوزمك verb (to have sexual intercourse with)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • skruf noun (fastener)

Persian

1 entries
  • پیچ noun (fastener)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • vis noun (fastener)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schruw noun (fastener)

Polish

4 entries
  • klawisz noun (prison guard)
  • wkręt noun (fastener)
  • śruba noun (simple machine)
  • śruba noun (fastener)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • hélice noun (ship’s propeller)
  • parafuso noun (simple machine)
  • parafuso noun (fastener)
  • tarraxa noun (fastener)

Quechua

1 entries
  • pillinku noun (fastener)

Romanian

4 entries
  • elice noun (ship’s propeller)
  • înșurubare noun (act of screwing)
  • șurub noun (simple machine)
  • șurub noun (fastener)

Romansch

1 entries
  • struva noun (fastener)

Russian

4 entries
  • вертуха́й noun (prison guard)
  • винт noun (simple machine)
  • винт noun (fastener)
  • винт noun (ship’s propeller)

Samoan

1 entries
  • faovili noun (fastener)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sgriubha noun (fastener)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • víjak noun (fastener)
  • ви́јак noun (fastener)

Shan

1 entries
  • ဝၢၵ်ႈဢူႇ noun (fastener)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • attrintari verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)
  • ficcari verb (to have sexual intercourse with)
  • fùttiri verb (to have sexual intercourse with)
  • fùttiri a l'autri verb (to cheat or treat unfairly)

Silesian

1 entries
  • szroba noun (fastener)

Slovak

3 entries
  • skrutka noun (fastener)
  • skrutka noun (ship’s propeller)
  • skrutkovať verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vijak noun (fastener)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bulón noun (fastener)
  • hélice noun (ship’s propeller)
  • tirafondo noun (fastener)
  • tornillo noun (fastener)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • skrufu noun (fastener)

Swahili

1 entries
  • parafujo noun (fastener)

Swedish

4 entries
  • knull noun (act of screwing)
  • propeller noun (ship’s propeller)
  • skruv noun (fastener)
  • knulla verb (to have sexual intercourse with)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • balukay noun (simple machine)
  • tornilyo noun (fastener)

Tamil

1 entries
  • திருகாணி noun (fastener)

Tatar

2 entries
  • винт noun (fastener)
  • шөреп noun (fastener)

Telugu

4 entries
  • ఇష్క్రూ noun (fastener)
  • ఇస్క్రూ noun (fastener)
  • మర noun (fastener)
  • మరమేకు noun (fastener)

Thai

1 entries
  • ควง noun (fastener)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གཅུ་འཛེར། noun (fastener)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • skru noun (fastener)

Turkish

3 entries
  • vida noun (fastener)
  • sikmek verb (to have sexual intercourse with)
  • vidalamak verb (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • nurbat noun (fastener)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • гайка noun (fastener)

Udmurt

2 entries
  • винт noun (fastener)
  • винты noun (fastener)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гвинт noun (fastener)
  • пропе́лер noun (ship’s propeller)
  • шуру́п noun (fastener)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • šrub noun (fastener)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • shurup noun (fastener)
  • vint noun (fastener)

Venetan

1 entries
  • vida noun (fastener)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • vít noun (fastener)

Vilamovian

2 entries
  • śraoj noun (fastener)
  • śrau noun (fastener)

Volapük

1 entries
  • skrub noun (fastener)

Võro

1 entries
  • kruvv noun (fastener)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sgriw noun (fastener)

West Flemish

1 entries
  • vize noun (fastener)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • skroef noun (fastener)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • isikrufu noun (fastener)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שרויף noun (fastener)

Zazaki

3 entries
  • vida noun (fastener)
  • vide noun (fastener)
  • qeysnen verb (to have sexual intercourse with)

Zulu

1 entries
  • isikulufo noun (fastener)

Sample sentences

43 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.

Source: tatoeba (35807)

He can't be smart if he can screw up something like that.

Source: tatoeba (41813)

When I turned the screw, water burst out.

Source: tatoeba (321319)

That's me - the coward unable to screw up his courage and find out the truth.

Source: tatoeba (327619)

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