Meanings
most iconically, a screw in the sense of a fluted fastener
die Schrauben anziehento tighten the screws
a propeller advancing by helical movement
the simple machine called screw
the abstracted form things may acquire called helix
a spiral movement, a spin around the longitudinal axis
a spiral movement around the longitudinal axis formalized in athletics
2 more meanings
Mechanikscrew; bolt
Für den ganzen Schrank braucht man nur acht Schrauben.
colloquial · Kurzwortscrew; propeller
Ein Fischernetz hat sich in der Schraube verfangen.
Examples
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Er hat ein paar Schrauben locker.He has a few screws loose.
Er hat eine Schraube locker.That guy is totally nuts!