A screw with threads along the entire length and no head. Typically, set screws have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length; a grub screw or worm screw.

A type of screw commonly used to regulate the height of the action in a piano. The capstan screw is designed to be turned from the side, not the head, unlike an ordinary screw. A lever enters a hole in the side of the screw to turn it.

Synonym of Archimedes' screw

A screw whose head has a hexagonal socket.

(transitive, slang) To cheat someone, or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.

(idiomatic) To screw up; to fail in dramatic and ignominious fashion.

(of a piece of paper) Having been screwed into a ball. / (idiomatic, vulgar) Morally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.

simple past tense and past participle of screw up

A regular shoe with screws (1/4 to 3/8 inch) screwed into the bottom to give it grip while running on ice and snow.

(engineering) A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 B.C.E., which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.