ream vs screw

ream

verb
  • To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way. 

  • To yell at or berate. 

  • To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider. 

  • To shape or form, especially using a reamer. 

  • To cream; mantle; foam; froth. 

  • To remove (material) by reaming. 

  • To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole. 

noun
  • Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general. 

  • A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets. 

  • An abstract large amount of something. 

screw

verb
  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

  • To contort. 

  • To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on. 

  • To screw back. 

  • To connect or assemble pieces using a screw. 

  • To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. 

  • To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot. 

noun
  • Salary, wages. 

  • An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint. 

  • A casual sexual partner. 

  • A prison guard. 

  • A simple machine, a helical inclined plane. 

  • Backspin. 

  • A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 

  • A small packet of tobacco. 

  • A ship's propeller. 

  • An Archimedes screw. 

  • The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side. 

  • Rheumatism. 

  • A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole. 

  • A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels. 

  • Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing. 

  • An amphipod crustacean. 

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