screw vs spend

screw

verb
  • To screw back. 

  • To contort. 

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

  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

  • 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. 

spend

verb
  • To break ground; to continue working. 

  • To waste or wear away; to be consumed. 

  • To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon. 

  • To exhaust, to wear out. 

  • To be diffused; to spread. 

  • To pay out (money). 

  • To consume, to use up (time). 

noun
  • Discharged semen. 

  • Expenditures; money or pocket money. 

  • Vaginal discharge. 

  • Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure. 

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