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screwed |
1 definition found 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.
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