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• the bookcase is screwed to the wall.
• you need to screw all the parts together.
• now screw down the lid.
• she screwed the cap back on the jar.

screw

1. to fasten one thing to another or make something tight with a screw or screws
• compare unscrew
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/unscrew
• The bookcase is screwed to the wall.
• You need to screw all the parts together.
• Now screw down the lid.
2. to twist something around in order to fasten it in place
• compare unscrew
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/unscrew
• She screwed the cap back on the jar.
• Screw the bolt tight.
3. to be attached by screwing
• The bulb should just screw into the socket.
• The lid simply screws on.
4. to squeeze something, especially a piece of paper, into a tight ball
• see also screwed-up
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/screwed-up
• I screwed up the letter and threw it into the fire.
• Screw the foil into a little ball.
5. to cheat somebody, especially by making them pay too much money for something
• We've been screwed.
• How much did they screw you for (= how much did you have to pay)?
6. to have sex with somebody
7. to be a sensible person
8. an offensive way of showing that you are annoyed or do not care about somebody/something
9. to force yourself to be brave enough to do something
• See related entries: Brave
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/brave/screw_3
• I finally screwed up my courage and went to the dentist.

Extra Examples

• I screwed the lid back on the jar.
• Screw the drain cover down tightly.
• She screwed the lock into the door.
• The bed was screwed to the floor.
• How much did they screw you for?
• We’ve been screwed.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they screw
• he / she / it screws
• past simple screwed
• past participle screwed
• -ing form screwing

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French escroue ‘female screw, nut’, from Latin scrofa, literally ‘sow’, later ‘screw’. The early sense of the verb was ‘contort (the features), twist around’ (late 16th cent.).