The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - screw n.

1) bolt, screw-bolt, machine screw, lag-bolt, lag-screw: This screw is too small to hold that door hinge. 2) helix, spiral, corkscrew: The screw of a spiral staircase should not be too small for safety. 3) sexual intercourse; sexual partner, Slang lay, Taboo slang fuck: When arrested for kerb-crawling, he said that he was just looking for a screw. 4) put the screws on (someone) . pressure, influence, force, constrain, press, oblige, require, demand, coerce, compel, apply pressure, bring pressure to bear (on) ; insist; Chiefly Brit pressurize, Colloq twist (someone's) arm, put the squeeze on (someone) : I believe that someone put the screws on him to leave town. --v. 5) twist, turn, rotate: Screw the bolt in clockwise. 6) Often, screw out of. defraud, cheat, swindle, gull, bilk, do out of, Slang take, clip, fleece: They screwed him by convincing him that the bonds were real. He was screwed out of all his savings. 7) screw up. a raise, increase, stretch, strain; summon, call up, call upon, tap, draw on or upon: I screwed up my courage to ask for a salary increase. b ruin, destroy, make a mess of, botch, bungle, muddle, mismanage, mishandle, Colloq make a hash of, Slang louse up, Brit make a muck-up of, US bollix up, Taboo slang fuck up, Brit bugger up, ballocks or bollocks up, make a balls-up of: It is hard to see how they could have screwed up such a simple operation. c contort, twist, deform, warp: At the suggestion of cauliflower, Ambrose screwed up his face in displeasure.